DRUG RUNNER'S PROPERTY TO BE AUCTIONED OFF

Binghamton Man Pleaded Guilty To Cocaine Delivery

BINGHAMTON -- A 41-year-old Binghamton man's drug empire is rapidly
evaporating, federal law-enforcement officials said. Keventon F. Henry, a
former airline flight attendant, admitted to moving more than 330 pounds of
cocaine from New York City to London during an eight-year period ending in
2000, authorities said.

His 38-foot 1999 Hunter sailboat -- scheduled to go on the auction block
April 10 in Ithaca -- is the last of a long list of personal property
Internal Revenue Service officials seized for sale at auction.

Among Henry's property were, according to IRS criminal investigations unit
spokesman Tim Shanahan:

* A South Mountain, Town of Binghamton, estate that sold this past December
for $410,000,

* Five motorcycles that sold for a total of $22,000, and

* Jewelry that brought $21,150 at auction.

The IRS also seized $748,000 in cash and financial instruments held in
several different accounts, Shanahan said.

Federal officials say Henry failed to report more than $150,000 in federal
income taxes that he owed from the profit from his illegal activities.

Henry, who pleaded guilty in June 2000 to federal conspiracy to possess and
distribute cocaine, conspiracy to money laundering and tax evasion, all
felonies, has remained in federal custody. He has been held in the Tioga
County Jail without bail as the federal drug investigation continues.
Sentencing has been rescheduled for December.

According to the IRS, Henry admitted that between 1992 and 2000, he made
arrangements by telephone with individuals in Toronto to have more than 150
kilograms of cocaine delivered to him in New York City.

Henry, an American Airlines flight attendant at the time, would then ferry
the drugs to London on flights where he served as a flight attendant,
federal officials said.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin Dooley said Tuesday two other men, both from
Toronto, who prosecutors said were part of the drug trafficking ring, were
indicted in May 2001 then arrested and taken into custody by Canadian
officials in October 2001.

The two, Leroy Latty and Lynval N. Wright, are facing extradition
proceedings, Dooley said.