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Baltimore Drug Supplier Sentenced to 360 Months in Federal Prison

U.S. Attorney’s Office June 22, 2010
  • Middle District of Pennsylvania (717) 221-4482

Dennis C. Pfannenschmidt, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced today that James Murphy, a/k/a “Jimmy Murphy,” a/k/a “Black,” age 33, of Baltimore, Maryland, was sentenced today by United States District Court Senior Judge William W. Caldwell to a 360-month term of imprisonment; $1,000 fine; and five years of supervised release. Judge Caldwell further ordered that Murphy serve an additional 24 months in prison after Murphy violated his supervised release.

In July 2009, Murphy was convicted on criminal conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute heroin and crack cocaine and distribution of heroin and crack cocaine charges following a two-day trial in Harrisburg.

According to U.S. Attorney Pfannenschmidt, in the spring of 2008, the Pennsylvania State Police and Huntingdon County Drug Task Force officers began an investigation into the trafficking of crack cocaine and heroin in Huntingdon County. Police made several controlled drug purchases and based upon information gathered from surveillance, confidential informant statements, and the controlled purchases, officers determined that Murphy transported crack cocaine and heroin from Baltimore and delivered the drugs to individuals selling them for him in Pennsylvania. Three of those individuals—Richard Byrd, Laura Beth Shope, and Clifton Shields—were sentenced last year to a combined total of over 600 months’ imprisonment.

This case was investigated by the Pennsylvania State Police, Huntingdon County Drug Task Force, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation and prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Daryl F. Bloom.

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