Lockport man sentenced in connection with 2017 overdose death

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Lockport man was sentenced to 84 months in prison for distributing heroin that led to the death of a Medina man in 2017, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Officials said that between 2017 and 2019, 32-year-old James White conspired with Bruno Haney II, among others, to sell heroin and butyryl fentanyl. White sold heroin, given to him by Haney, on March 24, 2017 to 22-year-old Wade Sargent, who was found dead later the same day after ingesting the narcotic.

Text messages between White and Sargent were recovered on his cell phone from the evening of March 24 in which he requested five doses of heroin from White.

Kayleigh Hunter-Gasperini joined the News 4 team in 2024 as a Digital Video Producer. She is a graduate of Chatham University.