Laurence F. Doud III, 79, was the CEO of Rochester Drug Cooperative until his indictment by Manhattan prosecutors in 2019. On Wednesday he was sentenced to two years in prison.
Laurence F. Doud III, who headed the Rochester Drug Cooperative, will serve more than two years for conspiring to funnel “staggering” amounts of narcotics to pill mills.
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Drug overdose fatalities surged during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York State, with opioid-related overdose deaths increasing by 68% to nearly 5,000 individuals from 2019 to 2021.