PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney William M. McSwain
announced that Edward Stinson, 30, of Philadelphia, PA was sentenced to 360
months’ imprisonment and five years’ supervised release by United States
District Court Judge Paul S. Diamond for leading the Stinson Drug Trafficking
Group, which sold crack cocaine in and around the Norman Blumberg Apartment Complex
in North Philadelphia from about 2010 through 2015.
In January 2019, the defendant was found guilty at trial of
conspiracy to distribute 280 grams or more of cocaine base (“crack”) near a
public housing facility, and several related drug charges, including unlawful
use of a communication facility in furtherance of a drug felony. Stinson was
the leader of the group, and he was assisted in the daily operations of the
drug gang by multiple individuals, including his co-defendant at trial, Debra
Baylor. They obtained bulk quantities of cocaine from suppliers and arranged
for it to be cooked into crack cocaine inside various apartments in Blumberg.
The crack cocaine was then distributed on the streets of North Philadelphia,
often accompanied by violence that terrorized the neighborhood.
“For at least half a decade, Stinson and the members of his
gang controlled the illicit drug market in this neighborhood,” said U.S.
Attorney McSwain. “His drug trafficking organization operated 24 hours a day, 7
days a week, tearing at the fabric of the neighborhood at the expense of the
families, seniors, and other neighbors living there. Today, justice prevailed
and Stinson got what he deserved.”
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration, and is being prosecuted
by Assistant United States Attorneys Josh A. Davison and Joseph T. Labrum, III.
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