Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 31-year-old Rodney Nevins, Jr. of Buffalo has been sentenced by Erie County Court Judge James Bargnesi to a determinate sentence of 6 years in prison followed by 3 years of post-release supervision. He was sentenced today as a second felony offender.

On October 2, 2018, at approximately 9:30 p.m., parole officers were conducting a routine search at the defendant’s home on Abbott Road in the City of Buffalo when they found a bag containing more than half an ounce of fentanyl, packaging materials and a scale inside the defendant’s vehicle. When the officers attempted to handcuff the defendant, he resisted and attempted to flee.

Judge Bargnesi found Nevins guilty of one count of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree, a Class “B” felony, one count of Obstructing Governmental Administration in the Second Degree, a Class “A” misdemeanor, and two counts of Criminally Using Drug Paraphernalia in the Second Degree, Class “A” misdemeanors. The defendant was convicted of the highest count in the indictment against him following a two-day bench trial on August 15, 2019.

DA Flynn commends New York State Division of Parole for their work in the investigation, including Officers Sean McPartland and Lindsey Cortes.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Frank A. Strano and Chief Paul J. Williams, III of the DA’s Narcotics Unit.