Federal Jury Convicts Wellsville’s Simon Gogolack of Fentanyl Distribution Resulting in Death, Plus Kidnapping and Witness-Tampering Counts

September 11, 2026 (USAO-WDNY announcement / Friday jury verdict)

A federal jury convicted Simon Gogolack a/k/a Greek, 42, of Wellsville, NY, of:

Sources

Assigned primary (USAO Western District of New York): Federal jury convicts Wellsville man on multiple charges, including distribution of fentanyl causing death, kidnapping and witness intimidation — dated Friday, September 11, 2026; “Updated September 11, 2026.” Live page blocked this pass by an Akamai interstitial (WebFetch + curl). Full text retrieved from Wayback snapshot 20260912015457 (Sept. 12, 2026, 01:54 UTC, CDX status 200, length 16317): [https://web.archive.org/web/20260912015457/https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdny/pr/federal-jury-convicts-wellsville-man-multiple-charges-including-distribution-fentanyl.](https://web.archive.org/web/20260912015457/https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdny/pr/federal-jury-convicts-wellsville-man-multiple-charges-including-distribution-fentanyl.) A second CDX 200 exists at20260913011947` (body timed out this pass).
USAO dateline (distributor, not the PR body): PUBT listing — “United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of New York 09/11/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/11/2026 17:50”; “published this content on September 11, 2026 … Distributed … September 11, 2026 at 23:50 UTC.” Exact USAO headline. PUBT did not host the article text (“The text of this article is not available at the moment”).
Local teaser (paywalled): Olean Times Herald, Sept. 11, 2026 — Jim Eckstrom. Headline: “Wellsville man guilty in drug case that resulted in death of federal witness.” Visible lede: “A 42-year-old Wellsville man was convicted by a federal jury of numerous drug charges — includin…” Full story not retrieved (paywall).