WASHINGTON, April 21 -- 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 Edwin Miguel Batista, 46, of Niagara Falls, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge H. Kenneth Schroeder, Jr. to narcotics conspiracy, which carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison and a maximum of 40 years.
According to the plea agreement, in January 2025, the DEA executed search warrants on a vehicle, a storage unit on Fashion Outlets Blvd in Niagara Falls, and a hotel room, which led to the arrests of Batista and a co-conspirator, Victor Miguel Brito Luna. Investigators recovered numerous pills incl...