Lavon Hudgins, Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine, Pennsylvania 2023

A Penn Hills man was sentenced in federal court to five years’ probation with four months to be served in community confinement and six months’ home detention on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.

Lavon Hudgins, 45, of Pittsburgh, PA, was sentenced by United States District Judge Mark R. Hornak.

According to information presented to the Court, in 2013, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other agencies joined forces in a multi-agency wiretap investigation of drug trafficking and violence in the Homewood section of Pittsburgh. The interception of wire and electronic communications began in December 2013 and continued through the end of August 2014.

During that timeframe, Lavon Hudgins was intercepted over the wire conspiring with others to possess with intent to distribute and distribute cocaine, which was shipped from California to the Western District of Pennsylvania through the United States Postal Service or commercial carrier.

Assistant United States Attorney Tonya Sulia Goodman prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.

U.S. Attorney Hickton commended the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Greater Pittsburgh Safe Streets Task Force, Wilkinsburg Police Department, Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office, Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General, Munhall Police Department, Duquesne Police Department, Monroeville Police Department, Allegheny County Police Department, West Mifflin Police Department, Bellevue Police Department, and the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police for the investigation leading to the successful prosecution of Hudgins.

The exact date of the sentencing was not provided, but according to the information presented, the crime occurred in 2013. Hudgins was convicted of conspiracy to distribute cocaine. The sentence imposed was five years’ probation with four months to be served in community confinement and six months’ home detention.

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