PITTSBURGH - A resident of Carnegie, Pennsylvania, has been
sentenced in federal court to 144 months imprisonment and five years supervised
release on his conviction of possession with the intent to distribute a
kilogram or more of heroin, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced
today.
United States District Judge Joy Flowers Conti imposed the
sentence on William Thompson, age 37, formerly of 750 Freedom Drive.
According to information presented to the court, on August
7, 2015, law enforcement attempted to stop Thompson, who was then operating a
Porsche Cheyenne without a license. Thompson led the police on a high-speed
chase on Route 28 in which speeds reached in excess of 100 miles per hour.
Thompson eventually crashed and fled on foot, but law enforcement eventually
captured him. A search of his vehicle revealed that Thompson was in possession
of what later laboratory analysis determined was more than one kilogram of
heroin.
Assistant United States Attorney Brendan T. Conway
prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.
United States Attorney Brady commended the Greater
Pittsburgh Safe Streets Task Force consisting of Pittsburgh Bureau of Police,
Allegheny County Sheriff's Office, Wilkinsburg Police Department, Allegheny
County Police Department, Oakdale Police Department, the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the
Federal Bureau of Investigation for the investigation leading to the successful
prosecution of Thompson.
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