Accused Jamestown Drug Trafficker Pleads Guilty To Federal Charges

January 9, 2023 By News Staff Courts, Crime, Video 0

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BUFFALO, NY (WNY News Now) – An accused Jamestown drug trafficker has plead guilty to federal charges.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Buffalo says 38-year-old Douglas Beardsley entered the guilty plea Friday.











Between between September 2018 and January 2019, Beardsley is accused of buying and selling heroin and methamphetamine in the Jamestown area.

The suspect, prosecutors say, had a thick criminal past with convictions in 2005, 2009 and 2013.

Sentencing for the federal drug and weapons charges is expected to take place this May where Beardsley faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison and a maximum of life.









 

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