{"id":313859,"date":"2026-10-25T09:00:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T09:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/313859\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T09:00:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T09:00:26","slug":"pittsburgh-youth-football-president-indicted-on-cocaine-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/313859\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh youth football president indicted on cocaine charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792918826_157_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\">The president of a Pittsburgh youth athletic organization has been named in a federal indictment unsealed as part of an investigation into conspiracy to distribute and possess cocaine.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">Martin Langford, president of the Westside Mustangs Youth Athletic Association, has been indicted in a federal conspiracy to distribute and possess cocaine.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">The U.S. attorney said Langford is considered a flight risk and that they are seeking to jail him.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">The Westside Mustangs Youth Athletic Association is based in Pittsburgh&#8217;s West End. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">Langford&#8217;s indictment was part of a large-scale cocaine trafficking investigation done by the Homeland Security Task Force.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">The 15-month investigation spanned from June 1, 2025 to Sept. 1, 2026, and resulted in the arrest of seven people, including Langford. <\/p>\n<p>Names of those who are facing charges<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"7\">Terrance Bonner &#8211; 45 &#8211; Pittsburgh<\/p>\n<p>Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"9\">Martin Langford &#8211; 59 &#8211; Pittsburgh<\/p>\n<p>Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaineDistribution of 500 grams or more of cocaine on two different dates<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"11\">Roddell Smalls &#8211; 53 &#8211; Pittsburgh<\/p>\n<p>Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocainePossession with intent to distribute  500 grams or more of cocaine<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"13\">Maurice Tinsley &#8211; 45 &#8211; Bellevue <\/p>\n<p>Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocainePossession with intent to distribute  500 grams or more of cocaine<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"15\">Justin Rumble &#8211; 47 &#8211; Pittsburgh<\/p>\n<p>Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"17\">Oscar Stokes &#8211; 45 &#8211; Uniontown<\/p>\n<p>Possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"19\">Rashawdi Pugh &#8211; 47 &#8211; Aliquippa <\/p>\n<p>Possession with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"21\">Pittsburgh&#8217;s Action News 4 is reaching out to the Westside Mustangs Youth Athletic Association for comment. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 The president of a Pittsburgh youth athletic organization has been named in a federal indictment unsealed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":313860,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[10739,128116,128117,68214,45256,45744,1021,128119,128120,128122,128123,6016,73,128121,75,74,128124,874,25052,10254,26214,128118],"class_list":["post-313859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-cocaine","tag-cocaine-charges","tag-drug-trafficking-charges","tag-federal-indictment","tag-gram","tag-intent","tag-investigation","tag-kilogram","tag-langford","tag-large-scale-cocaine-trafficking-investigation","tag-martin-langford","tag-part","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-conspiracy","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-youth-football-president","tag-president","tag-west-end","tag-wtae","tag-youth-football","tag-youth-football-charges"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313859","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=313859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}