Harold Novick, 40, formerly of Ambridge, pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute cocaine between 2017 and 2019.
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PITTSBURGH – A Beaver County man has pleaded guilty in federal court to drug-trafficking charges connected to a multi-state prison smuggling operation.
Harold Novick, 40, formerly of Ambridge, pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute cocaine between 2017 and 2019, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced Tuesday.
Novick and dozens of others faced charges related to a drug-trafficking scheme where narcotics were smuggled into federal prisons in multiple states. Those involved also dealt millions of dollars worth of heroin, cocaine, fentanyl and other drugs outside of prison.
The law provides for a sentence of up to 30 years in prison and a fine of up to $2 million, although the actual sentence imposed is to be based upon the seriousness of the offense and the prior criminal history of the defendant. His sentencing hearing is slated for
United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
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A Washington County man has been sentenced to more than nine years in prison for selling heroin and carrying a gun as a felon, federal prosecutors said.
Matthew Curtis McCombs, 34, who previously lived in the city of Washington, pleaded guilty in November 2019 to possessing with the intent to sell heroin and illegally carrying guns and ammunition, U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady said.
Upon release from his 112-month sentence, McCombs must spend three years on probation, according to the order by U.S. District Judge David Cercone.
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A Butler County man has been sentenced to time served and three years of probation for his role in a gang-related conspiracy to sell cocaine and heroin, federal prosecutors said.
Ray Chrzanowski, 53, who previously had ties to Portersville and Zelienople, was nabbed as part of an FBI investigation into the Greenway Boy Killas street gang in Pittsburgh’s West End.
The wiretap investigation revealed that, in November 2017 through June 2018, Chrzanowski and his co-conspirators cooked powder cocaine into crack cocaine and conspired to distribute quantities of crack cocaine and heroin.
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Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority isn’t allowed to raise its rates to cover $500,000 it will invest into a compliance program as punishment for seven years of illegal sludge dumping into the Allegheny River from its Aspinwall plant, according to an agreement with federal prosecutors.
U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady announced the agreement in November, and on Tuesday the plea was entered in federal court Downtown before Judge William S. Stickman IV.
PWSA pleaded guilty to one count of violating its pollutant discharge permit and one count of making false statements in written reports about the sludge discharge, according to Brady’s office.