{"id":315553,"date":"2026-10-27T20:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T20:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/315553\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T20:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T20:02:09","slug":"oklahoma-man-sentenced-for-fentanyl-trafficking-in-western-pennsylvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/315553\/","title":{"rendered":"Oklahoma man sentenced for fentanyl trafficking in Western Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">MERCER COUNTY, Pa. \u2014 An Oklahoma City man has been sentenced to 37 months in federal prison, followed by two years of supervised release, for fentanyl trafficking in Western Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">U.S. District Judge W. Scott Hardy imposed the sentence on Edwin Hernandez, 25, who previously pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The conviction stems from a Feb. 2, 2022, traffic stop on Interstate 80 in Mercer County. Law enforcement officers stopped Hernandez\u2019s vehicle and seized four kilograms of fentanyl.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Following the initial drug seizure, Hernandez was released on bond while his charges were pending in state court. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Authorities say he fled and was wanted for nearly three years before law enforcement officers apprehended him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MERCER COUNTY, Pa. \u2014 An Oklahoma City man has been sentenced to 37 months in federal prison, followed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315554,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[22794,128687,128681,128683,128682,128684,128685,128686,28,51353,30,29],"class_list":["post-315553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-department-of-justice","tag-drug-crimes-pennsylvania","tag-drug-tafficking","tag-drug-trafficking-in-pennsylvania","tag-drug-trafficking-pennsylvania","tag-fentanyl-trafficking","tag-fentanyl-trafficking-in-western-pennsylvania","tag-mercer-county-drugs","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-drug-trafficking","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315553","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=315553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}