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NEW YORK – A Poughkeepsie man was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for his heroin dealing in and around Poughkeepsie.
Roosevelt Williams, 59, also known as “Mumsie,” plead guilty in federal court to distributing heroin resulting in both fatal and non-fatal overdoses.
His associate, Tony Reynolds, 58, was sentenced last November to 13 years in prison for his role in distributing heroin with Williams.
US Attorney Preet Bharara called their drug dealing “cold-hearted.”
The two men were charged with conspiring to sell significant amounts of highly potent heroin, dubbed “Empire” by a stamp on each bag sold, which had a devastating impact on users in Dutchess County. The Empire brand became notorious among heroin users in the area as being particularly strong and posing a high risk of overdose, yet as a number of overdoses grew, Williams and Reynolds continued to sell significant amounts of Empire heroin virtually every day, authorities said.
