Watertown man sentenced to prison for drug charges

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WWTI) – A Watertown man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to drug charges.

The United State Attorney’s Office in Syracuse said that 44-year-old Stuart Chambers was sentenced Thursday in federal court.

According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Chambers pleaded guilty to attempted possession of methamphetamine and cocaine with intent to distribute.

The attorney’s office stated that Chambers travelled to Syracuse from Watertown on January 30 and purchased what he believed to be one pound of methamphetamine and nine ounces of cocaine, which he intended to distribute.

Officials also said that he further admitted that, before he committed this offense, he had previously been convicted in federal court in the Middle District of Pennsylvania of Possessing controlled substances with the intent to distribute.

Chambers was also sentenced to serve an additional two years in prison for violating the conditions of supervised release from his prior offense.  He was also ordered Chambers to serve an eight-year term of supervised release following his release from prison.

The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) investigated the case with assistance from Pennsylvania State Police, Metro-Jefferson Drug Task Force, and New York State Police Special Investigations Unit – Syracuse. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jessica N. Carbone prosecuted the case.

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