PITTSBURGH, PA – A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has
been sentenced in federal court to 90 months’ imprisonment, followed by six
years’ supervised release on her 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 Katie Spratt, 32. According to information presented to the court
at the time Spratt entered a guilty plea, she regularly purchased fentanyl and
cocaine from her co-defendant, Skyler Carter, for both personal use and further
distribution, and was responsible for distributing quantities of fentanyl and
cocaine resulting in the June 5, 2017, overdose death of a victim, identified
as "A.B." Spratt further acknowledged her responsibility for
participating with other members of the conspiracy in the distribution of more
than 160 grams of fentanyl, 280 grams of cocaine base, and 3.5 kilograms of
cocaine. Spratt is the sixth of the 21 defendants charged in the conspiracy to
be sentenced.
In imposing sentence, Judge Schwab noted the tragic
consequences of Spratt’s drug trafficking activity and the fentanyl epidemic
gripping western Pennsylvania. He added that calling drug trafficking a
"nonviolent [offense] is misguided."
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. Assistant United States Attorney Carolyn J. Bloch is prosecuting
this case on behalf of the government.
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