{"id":250534,"date":"2026-07-23T19:38:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T19:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/250534\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T19:38:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T19:38:19","slug":"federal-cocaine-trafficking-charges-filed-against-16-in-pittsburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/250534\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal cocaine trafficking charges filed against 16 in Pittsburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0a8774-983a-4c94-a3b0-d2630c50cec6_1653489233.file.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Raquel Ciampi\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Federal prosecutors charge 16 from Pittsburgh in crack cocaine scheme<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0a8774-983a-4c94-a3b0-d2630c50cec6_1653489233.file.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Raquel Ciampi\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>PITTSBURGH \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">Sixteen people from Pittsburgh are facing cocaine trafficking charges by the federal government. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">According to officials, the defendants conspired to distribute and possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine and cocaine from November 2025 through July 2026.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">Prosecutors allege lead defendant DeConta Harrison is responsible in connection to at least 280 grams of crack cocaine.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">Harrison faces a sentence of at least 10 years in jail, a fine of up to $10 million or both. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">All other defendants face at least five years in prison, a $5 million fine or both.<\/p>\n<p>The full list of defendants: DeConta Harrison, 48 &#8211; 280 grams or more of cocaine base and a quantity of cocaine<br \/>Jozef Bozeman, 47 &#8211; 28 grams or more of cocaine base<br \/>Charles Brannon, 54 &#8211; 28 grams or more of cocaine base and a quantity of cocaine<br \/>Rashaan Campbell, 45 &#8211; 28 grams or more of cocaine base<br \/>Bobby Chatman, 65 &#8211; 28 grams or more of cocaine base and a quantity of cocaine<br \/>Harold Jones Sr., 65 &#8211; 28 grams or more of cocaine base<br \/>William Jones, 45 &#8211; 28 grams or more of cocaine base and a quantity of cocaine<br \/>Alonzo Kidd, 50 &#8211; 28 grams or more of cocaine base and a quantity of cocaine<br \/>Greg Nash, 65 &#8211; 28 grams or more of cocaine base<br \/>Jeff O\u2019Keefe, 35 &#8211; 28 grams or more of cocaine base and a quantity of cocaine<br \/>Keith Payne, 50 &#8211; 28 grams or more of cocaine base<br \/>Brandon Rodgers, 41 &#8211; 28 grams or more of cocaine base<br \/>John Malcolm Smith, 44 &#8211; 28 grams or more of cocaine base and a quantity of cocaine<br \/>Tyisha Somerville, 32 &#8211; 28 grams or more of cocaine base and a quantity of cocaine<br \/>Kyrie Weston, 39 &#8211; 28 grams or more of cocaine base<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Federal prosecutors charge 16 from Pittsburgh in crack cocaine scheme PITTSBURGH \u2014 Sixteen people from Pittsburgh are facing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250535,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[107121,107118,107125,107116,107113,70157,20950,107114,5073,81093,107122,107119,107123,107126,107115,107124,9997,1730,3431,28,73,75,74,107117,77775,107127,107120,10254],"class_list":["post-250534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-alonzo-kidd","tag-bobby-chatman","tag-brandon-rodgers","tag-charles-brannon","tag-cocaine-base","tag-cocaine-trafficking","tag-crack-cocaine","tag-deconta-harrison","tag-end","tag-federal-charges","tag-greg-nash","tag-harold-jones-sr","tag-jeff-okeefe","tag-john-malcolm-smith","tag-jozef-bozeman","tag-keith-payne","tag-next-week","tag-parkway-east","tag-penndot","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-rashaan-campbell","tag-sight","tag-tyisha-somerville","tag-william-jones","tag-wtae"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}