A Pittsburgh man has been sentenced to five years in prison for his role in selling cocaine for a drug ring linked to the a street gang in the city’s West End, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Marshinneah Manning, 28, was convicted of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine after being among
Pittsburgh — A Florida resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to distribute marijuana, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
Ryan Hendrix of Lighthouse Point, Florida, pleaded guilty to one count before Senior United States District Judge David S. Cercone.
In connection with the guilty plea, the court was advised that the Drug Enforcement Administration and other agencies conducted a multi-year investigation of the marijuana trafficking conspiracy of Hendrix and his coconspirators. From 2012 through 2017, Hendrix and his co-conspirators arranged for marijuana to be supplied from the West Coast and mailed to the Pittsburgh area through the United States Postal Service. Hendrix's co-conspirators would then distribute the marijuana in the Western District of Pennsylvania, primarily on college campuses, such as Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
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A Butler County man has been sentenced to time served and three years of probation for his role in a gang-related conspiracy to sell cocaine and heroin, federal prosecutors said.
Ray Chrzanowski, 53, who previously had ties to Portersville and Zelienople, was nabbed as part of an FBI investigation into the Greenway Boy Killas street gang in Pittsburgh’s West End.
The wiretap investigation revealed that, in November 2017 through June 2018, Chrzanowski and his co-conspirators cooked powder cocaine into crack cocaine and conspired to distribute quantities of crack cocaine and heroin.