PITTSBURGH, Pa. – An Allegheny County resident has been
sentenced in federal court to 25 months of incarceration and three years of
supervised release on her conviction of conspiring to possess and distribute
opiate painkillers, oxycodone and oxymorphone, United States Attorney Scott W.
Brady announced today.
United States District Judge Mark R. Hornak imposed the
sentence on Chani Watkins, 26, of Coraopolis, Pennsylvania.
According to information presented to the court, Watkins
participated in a criminal network of drug dealers that obtained opiate pain
killers and then illegally distributed them to users in the Pittsburgh area.
Watkins distributed opiate pills to, and collected money from, Kavon Dawkins,
one of the primary dealer in the conspiracy. Dawkins is presently awaiting
sentencing.
Assistant United States Attorney Brendan T. Conway
prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.
United States Attorney Brady commended the Federal Organized
Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) investigation led by the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Pennsylvania
Office of the Attorney General, the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, and the Allegheny
County Police Department for the investigation leading to the successful
prosecution of Watkins.
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