Monthly Archives: June 2022
“Return To Sender” Conspirator Pleads Guilty After Chartering Private Plane To Transport Drugs From Houston To Pittsburgh
Transporting drugs in private planes is practically a cliché. How many movies show the protagonists going from rags to riches in the drug trade and then traveling by private plane? How many times have you seen a private plane in a music video and inferred that it was meant to be the site of… Read More »
Allegheny County Man Gets Prison Sentence For Traveling While On Supervised Release
Supervised release, in which defendants get to live in their own homes while still technically serving their prison sentences, is better than mass incarceration, but it still means that law enforcement is constantly in your business, and any minor mistake can land you back behind bars. Supervised release and probation are not the same… Read More »
Federal Court In Pittsburgh Sentences Woman To Prison For Drug Trafficking Conspiracy
When you buy illegal drugs on the Internet, you cannot be sure of the ingredients, but at least they have a return address. By contrast, if you buy drugs in a street corner drug deal or shady motel room meetup, you have no idea of the drugs’ itinerary before they reach you here in… Read More »
Pittsburgh Area Lawyer Convicted Of Selling Methamphetamine
Most criminal cases do not go to trial. In federal criminal cases, fewer than one in ten defendants pleads not guilty and maintains their innocence all the way to trial. This is usually because the stakes are so high when the charges involve drug trafficking. If prosecutors accuse you of selling drugs based on… Read More »
