PITTSBURGH, PA -- A former Pittsburgh resident has been sentenced in federal court to time served and two years of supervised release, with the first eighteen months on home detention on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
United States District Judge Marilyn J. Horan imposed the sentence on Garfield Campbell Jr., age 25, formerly of Pittsburgh’s Mount Washington neighborhood.
According to information presented to the court, Campbell Jr. is associated with an investigation that charged more than 20 individuals including his father, Garfield Campbell Sr. Based on intercepted communications, investigators determined that Campbell Sr., was using the United States Postal Service to send drugs from California to the Pittsburgh area for re-distribution. Campbell Jr. assisted the conspiracy by collecting money from the sale of drugs, sending money to pay for the drugs, and storing the drugs prior to their distribution.
Assistant United States Attorney Brendan T. Conway prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.
This prosecution is a result of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) investigation. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles high-level drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs, and transnational criminal organizations that threaten communities throughout the United States. OCDETF uses a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach that leverages the strengths of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies against criminal networks.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
