Death prompts guilty plea on drug charges for Pennsylvania man

A multiagency effort among state and federal authorities in Pennsylvania has resulted in the arrest of a 23-year-old man from Columbia County on drug charges. Last week, the man pleaded to charges of drug distribution resulting in death.

Few details are available about the alleged victim and the conditions under which he died. All that is known for certain is that he was a 20-year-old male who reportedly obtained the drugs in August 2017.

It is unknown whether scheduling of a sentence date has yet taken place. Federal Sentencing Guidelines require a judge to take needs for public protection, the offense’s nature and seriousness and other factors into consideration in order to issue a just penalty. The maximum penalty in a case like this includes a $1,000,000 fine and life in prison, according to federal statute.