Thirty-nine charged with participating in cocaine trafficking ring
More than three dozen people – many from the Mon Valley area — were charged Wednesday in what federal prosecutors called one of the largest cocaine trafficking organizations in the history of western Pennsylvania.
“It spread across the country from Los Angeles to Pittsburgh, with sources to Mexican cartels, and brought hundreds of kilos of cocaine which were distributed through a network,” said Scott Brady, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania. “By taking down an entire multi-state organization at once, the impact on our region is felt immediately.”
The two separate, but related indictments levied various charges at 39 people in Fayette, Washington, Westmoreland and Allegheny counties, as well as some from Florida, South Carolina and Georgia.
The following local people were charges with various offenses relating to alleged drug trafficking ring:
Edward Alford II, 30, of Donora; Devon Bell, 25, of Brownsville; Douglas Cochran, 39, of Washington, Pennsylvania; Anthony Crews, 44, of Monessen; John Duchi Jr., 29, of Donora; Sean Dugee II, 32, of Donora; Brett Fincik, 43, of Belle Vernon; Kevin Ford, 32, of Clairton; Monty Ginage, 39, of Pittsburgh; Kaylin Homa-Lightfoot, 24, of Verona; Chase Johnson, 19, of California, Pennsylvania; Malik Lawson, 22, of Donora; Deaubre Lightfoot, 27, of Monessen; Jamie Lightfoot Jr., 24, of Verona; Todd Moses, 33, of Decatur, Georgia, but originally from Donora; Thomas Ohler, 36, of Greensburg; Eric Pinno, 53, of Pittsburgh; Eugene Reddick, 35, of Clariton; William Shaw Jr., 33, of Brownsville; Herbert Sheppard, 44, of Monessen; Roddell Smalls, 44, of Pittsburgh;Quinten Vaden, 35, of Washington, Pennsylvania; Brandon Thomas, 38, of Donora; Tyler Benefield, 33, of Vanderbilt ;Regina Davis, 48, of Donora; Adam Farabaugh, 28, of Canonsburg; Josh Gillingham, 35, of Fayette City; Renee Kinder, 45, of Donora; Robert Margoni, 28, of New Eagle; Tyler Mucci, 31, of Monongahela; Jeff Newstrom, 30, of Masontown; Ricky Pietroboni, 40, of Monongahela; Michael Tirpak, 35, of Elizabeth
The remaining defendants charged in the case lived out of the state.