Local Man Sentenced to Prison for Cocaine Trafficking Scheme
| U.S. Attorney’s Office October 15, 2010 |
PITTSBURGH—A resident of Pittsburgh, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to 46 months in prison and four years supervised release on his conviction of violating federal drug laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
United States District Judge Terrence F. McVerry imposed the sentence on Daniel Carter, 51.
According to information presented to the court, from in or around October 2007, and continuing until in or around September 2008, in the Western District of Pennsylvania and elsewhere, Carter conspired with others to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute more than five kilograms but less than 15 kilograms of cocaine, a Schedule II controlled substance.
Assistant United States Attorney Troy Rivetti prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.
U.S. Attorney Hickton commended the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police for the investigation leading to the successful prosecution of Carter. Other agencies participating in the investigation include the Pennsylvania State Police, the District Attorney’s Office - Violent Crimes/Firearms Task Force, the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Department, the Allegheny County Police Department, the Allegheny County Adult Probation, the Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation, the United States Marshals Service, the West Mifflin Police Department, the Coraopolis Police Department, the Jefferson Hills Police Department, the Mount Lebanon Police Department, and the Pennsylvania State Parole.