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Local figures in drug ring to receive lengthy sentences

By Chris Jamele

Buffalo, NY – The busting of an area drug ring will send a pair of operatives to prison.

Keith Simmons, a North Tonawanda businessman, and Jeremy Hall of Amherst, both thirty-two years of age, have pleaded guilty to charges connected with cocaine distribution. Simmons faces at least twenty years behind bars, while Hall will receive a minimum of ten years.

The ring allegedly operated using two popular night spots: JT Wheatfield's in Wheatfield and Papa Joe's on Niagara Falls Boulevard.