PITTSBURGH, PA — Alphonse Johnson, a 41-year-old former resident of Sharon, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to 108 months in prison for trafficking significant quantities of fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine. The sentencing was announced on Thursday, January 4, 2024, by United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan.
United States District Judge Cathy Bissoon imposed the sentence on Johnson, who previously pled guilty to two charges. The first charge was conspiring to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl, 100 grams or more of heroin, and quantities of cocaine, cocaine base, and methamphetamine between June 2020 and June 2021. The second charge was possessing with intent to distribute quantities of cocaine, cocaine base, and methamphetamine on April 20, 2021. In addition to his prison sentence, Judge Bissoon ordered Johnson to serve four years of supervised release.
Assistant United States Attorneys Benjamin C. Dobkin and Craig W. Haller prosecuted the case on behalf of the United States, marking another significant stride in the ongoing nationwide battle against drug trafficking.
The investigation leading to Johnson’s conviction and sentencing was a combined effort of multiple law enforcement agencies. These included the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the Pennsylvania State Police, the Lawrence County Drug Task Force, the Mercer County Drug Task Force, the New Castle Police Department, the Sharon Police Department, the Hermitage Police Department, and the Farrell Police Department.
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