Supplier of drugs that caused 51 overdoses within 48 hours gets 25 years
Updated Apr 30, 2021;
WILLIAMSPORT-A man deemed responsible for drugs that caused 51 overdoses in a 48-hour period in the Williamsport area in June 2017 has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.
U.S. Middle District Judge Matthew W. Brann Friday cited the strain the rash of overdoses put on first responders and police when he sentenced Raymond Howard, 46, of Williamsport.
The city of Williamsport was devastated by the overdoses caused by drugs he supplied, the judge said. There were three confirmed drug deaths in late June 2017 but none of four suspects charged in the conspiracy was charged in the deaths.
Apr 5, 2021
A Philadelphia native who lived in Williamsport was sentenced to 16 years in federal prison this week for his part in a heroin and carfentanil distribution conspiracy.
U.S. Middle District Judge Matthew W. Brann sentenced Markeese Askew, 28, one of three men involved in distribution of the drugs, which resulted in a rash of overdoses in summer 2017 in the city and Lycoming County.
Brann’s sentence was 192 months and six years supervised release after his prison term.
Askew previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute heroin and carfentanil, a horse tranqualizer used in cutting the drug for users, resulting in serious bodily injury.
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