PITTSBURGH - Dara Haynie was sentenced to 16 months in federal prison for possessing heroin, fentanyl, or butyryl fentanyl with intent to distribute within 1,000 feet of a playground and a public housing facility, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
Haynie, 28, of Pittsburgh, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge David S. Cercone. Haynie was also sentenced to serve six years of supervised release following her prison term.
Haynie was convicted at the conclusion of a jury trial in January 2019. The evidence presented during the jury trial established that she teamed up with her husband, Quinshawn Haynie, to deal fentanyl and heroin in February and March 2017. They did so from public housing and across the street from a playground in Pittsburgh’s Garfield neighborhood.
The Haynies spent at least part of their drug trafficking proceeds on marijuana to smoke together, cigarettes, and alcohol.
Quinshawn Haynie was sentenced to three years and four months (40 months) in prison in April.
Assistant United States Attorneys Christy C. Wiegand and Craig W. Haller prosecuted this case on behalf of the United States.
The Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, and the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole conducted the investigation leading to the conviction and sentence in this case.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
