WASHINGTON, May 26 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Mario Pittman Jr., 32, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of distribution of methamphetamine, was sentenced to serve 114 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
In March 2024, the FBI Safe Streets Task Force and Lackawanna Police began investigating Pittman's drug trafficking activities. The investigation included several controlled purchases of methamphetamine from Pittman. On April 30, 2024, investigators attempted to stop Pittman's vehicle, but he fled at a high rate of speed through a residential neighborhoo...