Lewis County Man Sentenced to Serve 101 Months on Federal Drug and Firearms Charges

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Lewis County Man Sentenced to Serve
101 Months on Federal Drug and Firearms Charges

August 20, 2019 05:05 p.m.

From US Attorney's Office:

Lewis County Man Sentenced to Serve 101 Months’ Imprisonment on

Drug and Firearms Charges

Victor Ehlers Dealt Methamphetamine and Possessed a Machinegun and

Silencers

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Victor Ehlers, 37, of Lyons Falls, New York, and

Lowville, New York, was sentenced today to serve 101 months in prison followed

by a 3 year term of supervised release for possessing methamphetamine with

intent to distribute it, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking

crime, and possession of firearms and ammunition by a drug user.

The announcement was made by United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith, Ray

Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration

(DEA), New York Field Division, and New York State Police Superintendent Keith

Corlett.

In March 2018, Ehlers manufactured and sold methamphetamine out of his home

in Lyons Falls, New York. Ehlers kept multiple firearms in his home, among other

reasons to further his drug trafficking activities. Included among Ehlers’s firearms

were a machinegun and silencers in operating condition.

This case was investigated by the DEA, the New York State Police-Community

Narcotics Enforcement Team (NYSP-CNET), the United States Bureau of

Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and the Lewis County Sheriff’

s Office, and was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael D. Gadarian,

with assistance from the Lewis County District Attorney’s Office.

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Victor Ehlers