Lockport Woman Pleads Guilty To Drug Charges

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BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Colette Arne, 66, of Lockport, NY, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of oxymorphone, a Schedule II controlled substance before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.

  Assistant U.S. Attorney Laura A. Higgins, who is handling the case, stated that between January, 2012 and January 6, 2014, the defendant sold oxymorphone to a confidential source working with law enforcement officers on two separate occasions at the defendant’s Applewood Drive residence. Following the second sale, Arne’s residence was searched with her consent. Officers recovered $20,200 in cash and empty prescription pill bottles. The prescriptions were issued to the defendant and her now-deceased husband.

The plea is the result of an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge James J. Hunt, New York Field Division

Sentencing is scheduled for January 25, 2018, at 9:00 a.m. before Judge Skretny.