BUFFALO, NY—U.S. Attorney William J.
Hochul, Jr. announced today that Caroline Stuchal, 39, of West Seneca, New
York, pleaded guilty to possession of half a kilogram of cocaine with the
intent to distribute it. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 40 years, a
$5,000,000 fine, or both.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Anthony M.
Bruce, who is handling the case, stated that in November 2010, law enforcement
officers executed a search warrant at the Winchester Grill on Harlem Road in
West Seneca. Officers seized more than 500 grams of cocaine which the defendant
admitted that her husband, co-defendant Vincent Stuchal, was giving to her to
distribute to customers at Chuggers, a West Seneca bar.
Stuchal was arrested in June 2011 along
with her husband, Vincent, who was convicted of the same charge on August 27,
2012 and is awaiting sentencing.
The plea is the result of an
investigation by special agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, under
the direction of Special Agent in Charge Christopher M. Piehota; special agents
of the Drug Enforcement Administration, under the direction of Special Agent in
Charge Brian R. Crowell, New York Field Division; and the West Seneca Police
Department, under the direction of Chief Edward Gehen.
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