LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man who has been in prison for drug possession decided Monday to risk a 12-year sentence if he fails in the judicial diversion program of court-supervised drug treatment.
Anthony Z. Ferguson, 33, of Ferry Avenue, whose jail term as a parole violator expires Thursday, pleaded guilty in State Supreme Court to third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance for having cocaine with the intent to sell it April 28 in the Falls.
If he succeeds in the diversion program, his charge will be reduced to a misdemeanor with a probation sentence, but if Ferguson washes out of treatment, Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr. could sentence him to as long as 12 years in prison.
Anthony Z. Ferguson, 33, of Ferry Avenue, whose jail term as a parole violator expires Thursday, pleaded guilty in State Supreme Court to third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance for having cocaine with the intent to sell it April 28 in the Falls.
If he succeeds in the diversion program, his charge will be reduced to a misdemeanor with a probation sentence, but if Ferguson washes out of treatment, Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr. could sentence him to as long as 12 years in prison.