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Apr 5, 2021 A Philadelphia native who lived in Williamsport was sentenced to 16 years in federal prison this week for his part in a heroin and carfentanil distribution conspiracy. U.S. Middle District Judge Matthew W. Brann sentenced Markeese Askew, 28, one of three men involved in distribution of the drugs, which resulted in a rash of overdoses in summer 2017 in the city and Lycoming County. Brann’s sentence was 192 months and six years supervised release after his prison term. Askew previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute heroin and carfentanil, a horse tranqualizer used in ...

mmaroney@sungazette.com A man who was among those selling heroin laced with another drug that caused more than 50 overdoses in two days throughout Lycoming County four years ago was sentenced Wednesday to 17 1/2 years in federal prison. Wayne S. Davidson, 27, was sentenced by U.S. Middle District Judge Matthew W. Brann to 210 months and supervised release of four years following prison sentence. Davidson and three other men pleaded guilty in October of distributing heroin and carfentanil, a horse tranquilizer used to mix in with heroin, leading to overdoses. Davidson pleaded guilty to conspir...