BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced Thursday that a Buffalo man was sentenced to three consecutive sentences plus 30 years for his role in a 2019 triple murder.
The defendant, 51-year-old Deandre Wilson, was convicted by a federal jury in November 2022 on the following charges:
- narcotics conspiracy
- Hobbs Act robbery
- murder while engaged in a narcotics conspiracy
- discharge of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence and drug trafficking crimes
- two counts of discharge of a firearm causing death in furtherance of a crime of violence and drug trafficking crimes
- conspiracy to obstruct justice
- two counts of obstruction of justice
- conspiracy to use fire to commit a felony
- two counts of use of fire to commit a felony
- conspiracy to damage and destroy a vehicle used in interstate commerce by fire
- damaging and destroying a vehicle used in interstate commerce by fire
- possession with intent to distribute marijuana
The victims in the murder were married couple Miguel Anthony Valentin-Colon and Nicole Merced-Plaud, and their friend, Dhamyl Roman-Audiffred.
The 3-year-old son of Valentin-Colon and Merced-Plaud witnessed the murders of his parents and was later found on the porch of a home near the victim's bodies.
Also involved in the murders were Wilson's co-conspirators, Jariel Cobb and James Reed, who were previously convicted and still await sentencing.
