ALBANY, NEW YORK – Selvin Joiner, age 29, of Troy, New York, pled guilty today to 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.
Joiner admitted that on June 28, 2020, he sold approximately 26 grams of cocaine base (a/k/a crack cocaine) to a buyer in Troy.
Joiner faces up to 20 years in prison, a term of post-imprisonment supervised release of at least 3 years, and a fine of up to $1 million, when he is sentenced by Senior United States District Judge Fredrick J. Scullin, Jr. on December 9, 2020. A defendant’s sentence is imposed by a judge based on the particular statute the defendant is charged with violating, the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other factors.
This case was investigated by the DEA and its Capital District Drug Enforcement Task Force, and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Alicia Giglio Suarez.
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