Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Judge Sentences Pittsburgh Man to Five Years for Role in Heroin Trafficking Ring


PITTSBURGH—A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has been sentenced in federal court for violating federal narcotics trafficking laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.

Jordan McKoy, 20, was sentenced to serve 60 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release by United States District Judge Arthur J. Schwab. From January 2010 to March 3, 2011, McKoy conspired to distribute and possess with intent to distribute at least 100 grams of heroin.

Assistant United States Attorney Craig W. Haller prosecuted this case on behalf of the United States.

U.S. Attorney Hickton commended the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; the Pittsburgh Police Department; the United States Postal Inspection Service; the Pennsylvania State Police; the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office, the Ross Township Police Department; the Canonsburg Police Department; and the Allegheny County Police Department for the successful investigation leading to the conviction and sentence in this case.

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