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Date: 03-26-2024
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Case Number: 2:21-cr-00383
Judge: David Stewart Cercone
Court: The United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: The United States Attorney’s Office in Pittsburgh
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New Castle Resident Sentenced to 120 Months in Prison for Crack Cocaine Trafficking and Firearm Crimes
Sahire Walker was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for committing crack cocaine trafficking and firearm crimes.
Walker, age 45, of New Castle, Pennsylvania, was sentenced by United States District Judge David Stewart Cercone. Judge Cercone ordered Walker to serve six years of supervised release following his prison sentence.
Walker previously pled guilty in this case to committing the following crimes on June 4, 2020: (1) possession of cocaine base with intent to distribute, and (2) possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Prior to imposing the sentence, the Court was informed that Walker possessed crack cocaine with intent to distribute, and a loaded pistol, inside the rental vehicle he was operating on June 4, 2020, at 1:00 a.m., in New Castle, Pennsylvania. As of that date, he had five prior drug trafficking convictions over the preceding 15 years.
Assistant United States Attorney Craig W. Haller prosecuted this case on behalf of the United States.
The New Castle Police Department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives conducted the investigation leading to the convictions and sentence in this case.
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