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Constable woman convicted in huge marijuana case could get life in federal prison

Posted 1/22/16

CONSTABLE -- A jury on Thursday convicted Stacie Demers, age 53, of Constable for a conspiracy involving 1,000 kilograms or more of marijuana, according to U.S. Attorney Richard Hartunian. She faces …

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Constable woman convicted in huge marijuana case could get life in federal prison

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CONSTABLE -- A jury on Thursday convicted Stacie Demers, age 53, of Constable for a conspiracy involving 1,000 kilograms or more of marijuana, according to U.S. Attorney Richard Hartunian.

She faces 10 years to life in federal prison, Hartunian said, along with 5 years to life of supervised release.

She will be sentenced on May 19 by United States District Judge Mae A. D’Agostino.

The jury convicted Demers following a three-day trial in Albany.

“The evidence at trial demonstrated that Demers, who lived on the Canadian border in Northern New York, worked with members of her family and other co-conspirators to smuggle tens of thousands of kilograms of marijuana from Canada and into the United States,” Hartunian said.

After the loads of the plant material crossed the border, Demers stored the marijuana in a shed behind her home and in other places. Drivers then picked it up, who transported it to street-level pot dealers throughout the eastern United States, Hartunian said.

This case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, New York State Police, and United States Border Patrol, and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Katherine E. Kopita and Cyrus P.W. Rieck.