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Federal Tipoffs Involving Pennsylvania Newsletter for Saturday July 20, 2024 ( 5 items )  

Pa. U.S. Attorney: Eight Members and Associates of Zhoove Street Gang Indicted for Conspiring to Traffic Fentanyl and Cocaine, With Two of Defendants Additionally Charged With Possession of Firearm by Convicted Felon
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, July 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on July 19, 2024: A total of twelve individuals from the Pittsburgh area have been charged with narcotics and firearms charges, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. A federal grand jury in Pittsburgh returned a three-count Indictment naming Cody Duncan, 33, of Verona; Ronell Cathie, 30, of Pittsburgh; Melvin Gaines, 29, of Oakmont; Cu  more

Pa. U.S. Attorney: Former Detroit Resident Pleads Guilty to Drug Charges and is Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, July 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on July 19, 2024: On July 18, 2024, a former resident of Detroit, Michigan, pleaded guilty in federal court to drug trafficking charges and was sentenced to nine years in prison, followed by four years of supervised release, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. Senior United States District Court Judge David S. Cercone imposed the sen  more

Pa. U.S. Attorney: Lackawanna County Man Charged With Committing Over $1,500,000 in COVID-19 Pandemic Fraud
SCRANTON, Pennsylvania, July 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on July 19, 2024: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that James G. Miller, Jr., age 53, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, was charged in a criminal information with wire fraud. According to United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam, the information alleges that Miller and his coconspirators fraudulently obtai  more

Pa. U.S. Attorney: Maryland Man Sentenced to Seven Consecutive Life Sentences for the Murder of Three People Including a Federal Witness
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, July 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on July 19, 2024: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Christopher Van Johnson, age 36, of Baltimore, Maryland, was sentenced on July 17, 2024, to 7 consecutive life sentences for his role in the June 25, 2016 murders of three individuals in Mercersburg, Franklin County, one of whom was cooperat  more

Pa. U.S. Attorney: West Mifflin Man Sentenced to Prison for Drug Conspiracy and Firearm Charges
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, July 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on July 19, 2024: On July 18, 2024, a resident of West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court to 27 months of imprisonment, to be followed by 3 years of federal supervised release, on his convictions for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced toda  more