PITTSBURGH – A resident of California has been sentenced in
federal court to 10 years’ (120 months’) imprisonment and five years’
supervised release on his conviction of conspiracy for possession with intent
to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl, United States Attorney Scott W.
Brady announced today.
Chief United States District Judge Mark R. Hornak imposed
the sentence on Nikia Perkins, 44, of Bloomington, California.
According to information presented to the court, the charges
in this case resulted from a wiretap investigation conducted by the FBI and
other law enforcement partners. During the investigation, the defendant was
intercepted over a wiretapped phone discussing drug transactions. The
investigation revealed that the defendant, along with others, was responsible
for over a kilogram of fentanyl and a quantity of carfentanil being brought
into the Western District of Pennsylvania from overseas. The defendant
requested that he be able to serve his sentence back in California.
Assistant United States Attorney Robert C. Schupansky
prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.
This prosecution was part of a 12-month investigation by the
FBI Greater Pittsburgh Safe Streets Task Force (GPSSTF), which targeted a large
scale Drug Trafficking Organization operating in Butler, Beaver and Allegheny
Counties. The GPSSTF is comprised of dedicated law enforcement professionals
from the Wilkinsburg Police Department, Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Bureau
of Narcotics Investigations, Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office, Allegheny
County Police Department, Pittsburgh Bureau of Police and the FBI. The GPSSTF
and the United States Attorney’s Office, Western District of Pennsylvania,
would like to recognize the significant contributions made to this
investigation by the Pennsylvania State Police, United States Postal Inspection
Service, Cranberry Township Police Department and the New Brighton Police
Department.
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