Man pleads guilty to cocaine charge
ROCHESTER — A man found with a large amount of cocaine after a traffic stop in Seneca County faces a potentially long prison sentence. Michael Almo...
ROCHESTER — A man found with a large amount of cocaine after a traffic stop in Seneca County faces a potentially long prison sentence. Michael Almonte Diaz, 30, of Puerto Rico, pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to conspiracy to distribute cocaine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison. The plea was announced in a news release from the office of Trini Ross, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York. Assistant U.S. Attorney Cassie Kocher, who is handling the case, said Diaz and another person were traveling east on the state Thruway last August when their vehicle was pulled over by a state trooper for a traffic infraction.