Raymond Jones, Drug Conspiracy, Pennsylvania 2021

PITTSBURGH, PA – A Pittsburgh resident has pleaded guilty to violating federal narcotics laws, according to a federal court announcement.

Raymond Jones, 35, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin in federal court on an unspecified date.

According to the court, Jones conspired to distribute and possessed with intent to distribute heroin from June 2019 through December 2019. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) began investigating a heroin trafficking organization operating throughout the greater Pittsburgh area in 2019, of which Jones was a member.

Beginning in July 2019 and continuing through August 2019, the FBI initiated a Title III wiretap investigation into the organization. Jones was intercepted communicating with his codefendant about diluting, packaging, and distributing heroin. Through extensive physical surveillance, Jones was observed meeting with his co-conspirator to facilitate their heroin distribution.

United States District Judge William S. Stickman, IV has scheduled sentencing for September 13, 2021. The law provides for a maximum total sentence of not more than 30 years in prison, a fine not to exceed $2,000,000, or both.

Assistant United States Attorney Mark V. Gurzo is prosecuting this case on behalf of the government.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation, Homeland Security Investigations, the Allegheny County Police Department, the Stowe Township Police Department, the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, the Office of the Attorney General, the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office, the North Versailles Police Department, the Allegheny County Port Authority Police Department, the Munhall Police Department, and the Pennsylvania State Police conducted the investigation leading to the prosecution of Jones.

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