Richard Bakey, Narcotics Violations, Pennsylvania 2024

Richard Bakey, a 30-year-old resident of Latrobe, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to 12 months and one day of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for violating federal narcotics laws.

The United States Senior District Judge Joy Flowers Conti imposed the sentence on April 4, 2024, after Bakey was found guilty of the charges against him.

According to the information presented to the court, on August 1, 2020, Drug Enforcement Administration agents purchased 100 Xanax bars from Bakey in exchange for $275.

Months later, on May 24, 2021, Pennsylvania State Police troopers stopped a vehicle driven by Bakey, and seized multiple envelopes containing various types of pills, including 119 fentanyl pills.

Assistant United States Attorney Jonathan D. Lusty prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.

United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan commended the United States Postal Inspection Service, Drug Enforcement Administration, and Pennsylvania State Police for the investigation leading to the successful prosecution of Bakey.

The case serves as a reminder of the ongoing struggle against narcotics trafficking in our community.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdpa/pr/latrobe-resident-sentenced-narcotics-convictions