Lowville Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison on Federal Drug Charges

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Lowville Man Sentenced to Five
Years in Prison on Federal Drug Charges

December 10, 2019 03:00 p.m.

Press Release from United States Department of Justice:

Lowville, New York Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison on Federal

Drug Charges

Derek Damuth Pled Guilty to Possession with Intent to Distribute over

40 Grams of a Fentanyl and Heroin Mixture

UTICA, NEW YORK – Derek Damuth, 25, of Lowville, New York,

was sentenced

today to 60 months imprisonment by United States

District Judge David N. Hurd

based on his conviction for

possessing

with the intent to distribute in excess of

40 grams of a

mixture of

fentanyl and heroin, announced United States Attorney

Grant C.

Jaquith, Lewis County District Attorney Leanne K. Moser,

Special

Agent

in Charge of United States Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division

(DEA) Raymond P. Donovan, and New York State Police Superintendent Keith

Corlett. Damuth was also ordered to serve four years of supervised release

following his release from prison.

As part of his guilty plea in this case, Damuth admitted that in November 2018,

he possessed more than forty grams of a substance containing fentanyl, 17

ounces of marijuana, additional quantities of cocaine and heroin, and drug-

trafficking paraphernalia. Damuth further admitted that he intended to distribute

the drugs.

This case was investigated by the United States Drug Enforcement Agency

(DEA) and the New York State Police, with assistance from the Lewis County

(New York) District Attorney’s Office, and was prosecuted by Assistant U.S.

Attorney Nicolas Commandeur.

Derek Damuth