PITTSBURGH - A former resident of the McKeesport and Munhall areas of Allegheny County, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to five years in prison and six years of supervision on his conviction of distributing drugs that caused a woman’s death, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
United States District Judge Cathy Bissoon imposed the sentence yesterday on 27-year-old William Harvey Scott, Jr., aka "Pac Man".
According to information presented to the court, the deceased body of a female victim was found by her family, near several empty stamp bags marked "Lizz" and a straw. The victim was determined to have four times the lethal dose of fentanyl in her system. Special Agents and Task Force Officers from the Drug Enforcement Administration searched her phone and determined that the defendant supplied the deadly drugs. Police then utilized her phone to contact the defendant for more drugs and William Harvey Scott, Jr. arrived with 10 more stamp bags marked "Lizz." Scott was arrested and his phone indicated that the deadly drugs came from his supplier, Henry Little-Proctor. An investigation of Little-Proctor was launched, resulting in a search warrant for his residence and the seizure of drugs and parts/ammunition for an assault rifle. Ultimately, Little-Proctor was sentenced to 10 years of incarceration and six years of supervised release. Both defendants were sentenced to pay $6,237.17 in restitution to the victim’s family for her funeral and other expenses.
Prior to imposing sentence, Judge Bissoon listened to a member of the victim’s family talk about what the victim was like, how the overdose incident impacted her family and what the appropriate sentence should be. Judge Bissoon stated that the defense request for no further incarceration was "insufficient" for crimes that she specifically found to be "very serious" and that there is no sentence long enough to replace what the victim meant to her family. Near the conclusion of the sentencing hearing, the Judge determined that five years in prison, followed by six years of supervision, would fulfill all of the goals of sentencing--including just punishment for the offender, stopping the defendant from future crimes and also deterring others from selling drugs in the future.
Assistant United States Attorney Ross E. Lenhardt, of the Major Crimes Section, prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.
United States Attorney Brady commended the DEA for leading the investigation resulting in the successful prosecution of Scott, and noted the important and valuable assistance of many other law enforcement agencies.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
