UTICA
A Utica man has been sentenced to 10 years in state prison for drug trafficking in the city, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Frank Hunter, 37, was sentenced in Federal Court on Wednesday to 121 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to traffic quantities of cocaine, fentanyl and acetyl fentanyl in Utica between July 2018 and July 2019, authorities stated. Hunter is also required to forfeit $518,080 in drug money and possessions.
Authorities said Hunter was in charge of a drug operation that sold cocaine and fentanyl in Utica for several years. Authorities said multiple agencies began a wire-tapping investigation in March 2017, which eventually led to charges against Hunter in July 2019.