Source: Office of United States Attorneys
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Acting U.S. Attorney Joel Louis Violanti announced today that Kenneth Turner, 36, of Hornell, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, five grams or more of methamphetamine, was sentenced to serve 96 months in prison.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Moynihan, who handled the case, stated that Turner was arrested in December 2021, after law enforcement discovered a package sent from an address in Nevada to Turner’s residence in Hornell, contained approximately 111 grams of methamphetamine. During the execution of a search warrant at the residence, investigators recovered drug paraphernalia, as well as more methamphetamine.
Sentencing is the result of an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Frank Tarentino, New York Field Division, the United States Postal Inspection Service, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Ketty Larco Ward, and the Steuben County Sheriff’s Office, under the direction of Sheriff Jim Allard.
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