PITTSBURGH - A resident of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 28 months’ incarceration, followed by three years’ supervised release, on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
United States District Judge David S. Cercone imposed the sentence on Kent Ramsey, age 44.
According to information presented to the court, Ramsey conspired with others to distribute and possess with intent to distribute at least 500 grams of cocaine.
Acting United States Attorney Song commended the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which led the multi-agency investigation of this case. The investigation also included the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Fayette County Drug Task Force, the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office, the Pennsylvania State Police, and the United States Postal Inspection Service. Assistant United States Attorneys Heidi M. Grogan and Troy Rivetti prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.
The investigation was funded by the federal Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Program (OCDETF). The OCDETF program supplies critical federal funding and coordination that allows federal and state agencies to work together to successfully identify, investigate, and prosecute major interstate and international drug trafficking organizations and other criminal enterprises.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys