Adams Center woman among people convicted for role in drug trafficking ring
The office of New York Attorney General Letitia James made the announcement on Thursday of the convictions. The drug rings operated in Jefferson and St. Lawrence counties.
Two CNY drug trafficking rings indicted by New York Attorney General
The Attorney General's Office said that Terrah Frederick pleaded guilty to third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. The sentence will be four years in prison plus two years of post-release supervision.
Frederick was part of a group of 31 people charged with 192 crimes and were originally indicted in November 2023.
Devine Mobley, who was arrested in 2023 after a traffic stop at a Watertown hotel, was sentenced to three-and-a-half years plus two years post-release supervision.
According to the AG's office, the year-long investigation into the two drug trafficking rings led to the seizure of more than 150,000 envelopes of fentanyl or fentanyl mixed with heroin. Roughly one pound of methamphetamine was recovered, along with one-quarter kilogram of cocaine, three illegal firearms, two vehicles used to transport and sell drugs, and $16,500 connected to drug activity.
The takedown marked another major drug bust in the Attorney General's Suburban and Upstate Response to the Growing Epidemic (S.U.R.G.E.) Initiative, a law enforcement effort that brings together state and local law enforcement to target New York's growing – and often violent – heroin, fentanyl, opioid, and narcotics trafficking networks. Since launching in 2017, SURGE has taken 991 alleged traffickers off the streets.
The investigation brought together the resources of more than a dozen state, local, and federal enforcement agencies, including the SPD, Onondaga County Sheriff's Office, Oswego County Sheriff's Office, City of Oswego Police Department, City of Fulton Police Department, New York State Police, New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, Cortland County Sheriff's Office, the Metro-Jefferson Drug Task Force, Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Border Patrol, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Onondaga County Probation Department.
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