ALBANY, NEW YORK – Angel Nunez, age 28, of Brooklyn, New York, and Stanislav Petkevichus, age 28, of Slingerlands, New York, were each sentenced today for conspiring to distribute the controlled substance oxycodone in Albany County.
The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
U.S. District Judge Mae A. D’Agostino sentenced Nunez to 33 months in prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, and to forfeit $100,000. Judge D’Agostino sentenced Petkevichus to time served (96 days in jail), as well as 3 years of supervised release including 6 months of home detention, and to forfeit $4,435.
As part of their guilty pleas, the defendants admitted that Nunez obtained 30 mg tablets of oxycodone from sources in New York City, and acted with Petkevichus and others to sell those oxycodone tablets in Albany County and elsewhere.
These cases were investigated by the DEA and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey C. Coffman.