BLASDELL, N.Y. — A Tennessee man is facing charges after the Erie County Sheriff's Office says he traveled to WNY to deliver narcotics.
They say deputies from the department's Narcotics and Intelligence Unit developed information that a suspect was heading to the Buffalo area to deliver methamphetamine.
That suspect, 45-year-old Joseph Esposito of Murfreesboro, TN, was found in the parking lot of a Blasdell grocery store Wednesday just before 7 p.m. In his vehicle, deputies allegedly discovered about 5 pounds of methamphetamine and 470 doses of steroids
Esposito was arrested and is charged with a felony count of criminal possession of methamphetamine, two felony counts of criminal possession of a narcotic with intent to sell and a felony count of criminal possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell. He was also charged with a misdemeanor count of aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle without a license and a violation for operating a vehicle without a license.
Esposito is being held at the Erie County Holding Center pending his arraignment.
