PITTSBURGH, PA – A resident of Clairton, Pennsylvania, has
been sentenced in federal court to 28 months’ imprisonment, followed by six
years’ supervised release on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute
narcotics, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
United States District Judge Arthur J. Schwab imposed the
sentence on Terrence Wade, 49.
According to information presented to the court at the time
he entered a guilty plea, Wade was a "runner" for his codefendants,
Skyler Carter and Courtney Carter, and at their instruction regularly made
deliveries of heroin and crack cocaine, as well as collected payment from
Carter’s customers. Wade acknowledged that he was responsible for the
distribution of at least 28 grams of cocaine base and at least 20 grams of
heroin in the Clairton, Pennsylvania area. Wade suffered from long-standing
mental health issues and a crack cocaine condition, and the court stated that
it considered those factors in imposing sentence. Wade is the eighth of 21
defendants charged in the conspiracy to be sentenced.
Assistant United States Attorney Carolyn J. Bloch is
prosecuting this case on behalf of the government.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation led the multi-agency
investigation of this case, which also included the Allegheny County Sheriff’s
Office, the Allegheny County Police Department, and the Pittsburgh Bureau of
Police. The investigation was funded by the federal Organized Crime Drug
Enforcement Task Force Program (OCDETF). The OCDETF program supplies critical
federal funding and coordination that allows federal and state agencies to work
together to successfully identify, investigate, and prosecute major interstate
and international drug trafficking organizations and other criminal
enterprises.
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