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Lewis County Man Sentenced in Federal Court for
Controlled Substances Offenses
Published: October 15, 2021
at 04:00 p.m.
By: Press Release from U.S. Department of Justice
Lewis County Man Sentenced for Controlled Substances
Offenses
SYRACUSE, NEW
YORK – Charles W. Whitcher, 41, of Port Leyden,
New York, was sentenced On October 13, 2021 in
federal court to 51 months in prison after previously pleading guilty to
distribution and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine,
possession of Pseudoephedrine with the intent to manufacture
methamphetamine, and maintaining a drug-involved premises.
The announcement
was made by United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Ray Donovan,
Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), New
York Division.
Whitcher was previously
convicted in federal court, in 2003, for his involvement in a conspiracy to
manufacture, distribute, and possess with intent to distribute
methamphetamine.
As part of his
previously entered guilty plea, Whitcher admitted
that between August 2019 and September 2019, he distributed
methamphetamine he had manufactured in his home using the “one pot” method,
which uses Pseudoephedrine and other ingredients to produce methamphetamine
that Whitcher would then distribute in exchange
for cash or more Pseudoephedrine.
In addition to
the 51-month term of imprisonment, Chief United States District Judge Hon.
Glenn T. Suddaby imposed a term of 6 years of supervised release which will
follow the term of incarceration.
This case was
investigated by the DEA, the Lewis County Drug Task Force, the Lewis County
District Attorney’s Office, the Lewis County Sherriff’s Office, and the New
York State Police and was prosecuted by Special Assistant U.S. Attorney
Adrian S. LaRochelle.
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