Assistant U.S. Attorney Joshua A. Violanti, who is handling
the case, stated that between July 2018 and December 30, 2018, the defendant
conspired with Erin Cameron and others sell butyryl fentanyl.
On October 22, 2018, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Drug
Enforcement Administration, and the Southern Tier Regional Drug Task Force set
up a controlled purchase of butyryl fentanyl with Erin Cameron. The delivery of
the butyryl fentanyl was made by the defendant. A second controlled purchase of
butyryl fentanyl was made on February 6, 2019, and once again Kettle made the
delivery.
Erin Cameron was previously convicted and is awaiting
sentencing.
The plea is the result of an investigation by the Bureau of
Indian Affairs, under the direction of Jason Thompson, Associate Director of
the Office of Justice Services; the Southern Regional Drug Task Force, under
the direction of Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office and Sheriff Timothy
Whitcomb; and the Drug Enforcement Administration, under the direction of
Special Agent-in-Charge Ray Donovan, New York Field Division.
Sentencing is scheduled for December 9, 2020, at 2:00 p.m.
before Judge Sinatra.