PITTSBURGH, PA – A resident of Clairton, Pennsylvania, has
been sentenced in federal court to three years’ probation, 180 days of which is
to be served in home confinement, and a $7,500 fine on his conviction of
conspiracy to distribute narcotics, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady
announced today.
United States District Judge Arthur J. Schwab imposed the
sentence on Samuel Lopresti, 56.
According to information presented to the court at the time
he entered a guilty plea, Lopresti, from March through June 2017, regularly
purchased cocaine in 1.5 ounce to four ounce quantities from his codefendant,
Skyler Carter, for personal use and for further distribution in the Clairton
area. He was held responsible for the distribution of between 400 and 500 grams
of cocaine during that period. Lopresti is the fourth of the 21 defendants
charged in the conspiracy to be sentenced.
Assistant United States Attorney Carolyn J. Bloch is
prosecuting this case on behalf of the government.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation led the multi-agency
investigation of this case, which also included the Allegheny County Sheriff’s
Office, the Allegheny County Police Department, and the Pittsburgh Bureau of
Police. The investigation was funded by the federal Organized Crime Drug
Enforcement Task Force Program (OCDETF). The OCDETF program supplies critical
federal funding and coordination that allows federal and state agencies to work
together to successfully identify, investigate, and prosecute major interstate
and international drug trafficking organizations and other criminal
enterprises.
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