Troy Man Sentenced to 63 Months for Distributing Crack Cocaine

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Hakeem Mauzon, age 29, of Troy, New York, was sentenced on Tuesday to 63 months in prison for distributing crack cocaine.

The announcement was made by United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Ray Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), New York Field Division.

Mauzon was also ordered by Chief United States District Judge Glenn T. Suddaby to serve a period of 4 years of supervised release following his term of incarceration, and to forfeit to the government $4,560 in proceeds from his drug trafficking activity.

Mauzon pled guilty to distributing over 28 grams of crack cocaine in November 2018 in Troy. At his guilty plea, Mauzon admitted to selling crack cocaine on three other occasions in 2018 in Troy, for a total of approximately 200 grams among the four sales.

This case was investigated by the DEA and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Alicia Giglio Suarez.