PITTSBURGH, PA. – Shawn Atkins was sentenced to 13 months in
federal prison for heroin and para-fluoroisobutyryl fentanyl trafficking while
on federal supervised release for a prior heroin trafficking conviction, United
States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
Atkins, 24, of Pittsburgh, was sentenced by Chief United
States District Judge Joy Flowers Conti. Judge Conti also ordered Atkins to
serve three years of supervised release following his prison sentence. The
Court was informed that Atkins possessed with intent to distribute over six
bricks of heroin and para-fluoroisobutyryl fentanyl on June 9, 2017. On that
date, Mr. Atkins was on federal supervised release following an 18-month prison
sentence for a prior heroin trafficking conviction in 2016.
Assistant United States Attorney Craig W. Haller prosecuted
this case on behalf of the United States.
The Munhall Police Department, the Drug Enforcement
Administration, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted the
investigation leading to the conviction and sentence in this case.
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