A Tonawanda man has pleaded guilty in federal court to his role in a heroin trafficking conspiracy that carried a potential decades-long prison sentence.
Edward Wilkie, 31, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael J. Roemer to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of New York.
Prosecutors said the charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a $5 million fine…