Plattsburgh Man Sentenced to 60 Months for Cocaine Trafficking

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Nathan A. Hart, age 25, of Plattsburgh, New York, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for cocaine trafficking.

The announcement was made by Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon and Kevin Kelly, Special Agent in Charge, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Buffalo Field Office.

As part of his guilty plea on February 11, 2020, Hart admitted that from February 14, 2017 through June 3, 2019, he worked with a drug trafficking organization that trafficked cocaine from Massachusetts to the Plattsburgh area for distribution.  During his involvement in the conspiracy, Hart admitted to selling approximately 1.5 kilograms of cocaine.

Chief United States District Court Judge Glenn T. Suddaby also sentenced Hart to a 4-year term of supervised release, to begin following his term of imprisonment.

This case was investigated by HSI and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Douglas Collyer.