A Dunkirk man has been sentenced for possession of illegal drugs.

According to District Attorney Jason Schmidt, 42-year-old Jorge Negron Velasquez was sentenced by Judge David Foley to 6 years in state prison with 3 years of post-release supervision after being convicted of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.

In February 2024, the Dunkirk Police Department conducted a traffic stop of Negron Velasquez and located a large quantity of cocaine following a search of the vehicle he was driving.

In July 2024, Negron Velasquez was indicted by a Chautauqua County Grand Jury on one count of second-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a class A-II felony, for the weight of the cocaine being more than 4 ounces, and one count of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a class B felony.

Negron Velasquez pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of the indictment on Sept. 22, 2025, at a pre-trial conference before the trial was scheduled to begin in October.