HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHP) — Charges were announced against five people after Attorney General Dave Sunday announced that a central Pennsylvania drug trafficking crew was shut down, according to an announcement last week.
With the help of Pennsylvania State Police and Dauphin County law enforcement, Sunday said his office filed charges against Marcus Denson, Jovar Hairston, Larry Minnifield, Alisha Massa, and Gregory Johnson after a long-term investigation uncovered a drug trafficking ring in Dauphin, Blair, Cumberland, and Clinton counties.
Massa and Johnson were apprehended last week, and according to the attorney general’s office, the other three remain at large.
“This criminal network directly contributed to the distribution of poisons that ravage families and communities, and made illegal transfers of firearms that threaten the sanctity of neighborhoods,” Attorney General Sunday said. “With our partners, over time, we constructed cases against all the defendants and effectively shut down this network with very serious charges.”
During the investigation, authorities seized six firearms and monitored several sales of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and other drugs involving the five, according to a news release.
Due to a prior felony conviction, Denson was prohibited from possessing a firearm, Sunday confirmed.