Quebec Man Sentenced to 151 Months for Trafficking Oxycodone

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Robert Jon Lazore, age 42, of Snye, Quebec, was sentenced on Monday to 151 months in prison for conspiring to distribute oxycodone on the Akwesasne Mohawk Indian Reservation in Franklin County. 

The announcement was made by United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Kevin M. Kelly, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Buffalo Field Office.

As part of his plea on June 22, 2018, Lazore admitted that between 2008 and November 2012, he operated a drug trafficking organization that distributed oxycodone on the Akwesasne Mohawk Indian Reservation, which straddles the United States and Canadian border along the Saint Lawrence River.  Lazore obtained 5,000 oxycodone tablets at a time from Canadian suppliers for distribution on the reservation.   Lazore used at least 8 couriers and runners to coordinate the distribution of oxycodone to his customers.  These couriers and runners included Carrie Lazore, Teri Jo Lazore, Travis Adams, Todd Edwards, and James Labarr.  Lazore regularly provided each courier with 100 to 200 tablets of oxycodone to sell to customers in both Canada and the United States.

In December 2017, Lazore was extradited from Canada to the United States following a term of imprisonment in Canada.

As part of the same case, the following people have pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone, and been sentenced by United States District Judge Mae A. D’Agostino, as follows:

This case was the result of close cooperative efforts of HSI, led by the Massena Residence Office, in conjunction with CBP, DEA, and the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Police.  These agencies worked closely with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Akwesasne Mohawk Tribal Police, Ontario Provincial Police, Sûreté du Québec, and the Canada Border Services Agency, as well as U.S. Border Patrol, the New York State Police, St. Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office, Canton Police Department, Potsdam Police Department, and Plattsburgh Police Department.

This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Elizabeth R. Rabe and Troy Anderson.  Lazore was extradited to face charges in the Northern District of New York with the assistance of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of International Affairs.