PITTSBURGH - Two residents of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, were each sentenced in federal court to 36 months imprisonment and five years supervised release on their convictions of violating federal narcotics and money laundering laws, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
United States District Judge Arthur J. Schwab imposed the sentences on Jeffrey Turner, age 35, and April Racan, age 37, both of McKeesport, Pennsylvania.
According to information presented to the court, between 2011 and 2015, a cocaine source of supply in Brownsville, Texas, Dante Lozano, mailed dozens of packages of cocaine to Turner and Racan in Elizabeth and McKeesport, in Allegheny County. Approximately 8 kilograms (about 18 pounds) of cocaine were sent in this fashion.
Turner and Racan then sold the cocaine to others. Although drug proceeds in the form of cash were generally sent back to Lozano in Texas, during a six-month period of time in 2012, $116,700 in postal money orders were purchased and sent by Turner and Racan from Pittsburgh back to Texas.
Five other defendants were previously convicted and sentenced. Dante Lozano is scheduled to be sentenced on June 22, 2017.
Assistant United States Attorney Gregory J. Nescott prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.
Acting United States Attorney Song commended the United States Postal Service in Pittsburgh and the Drug Enforcement Administration in Brownsville, Texas for the investigation leading to the successful prosecution of Jeffrey Turner and April Racan.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
