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Date: 06-20-2019
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United States of America v. Bobby Leon Cook
Case Number: 2:17-cr-00020-JFC
Judge: Joy Flowers Conti
Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: Ross E. Lenhardt, Jerome A. Moschetta and Lee J. Karl
Defendant's Attorney: Michael E. DeMatt
Description:
Pittsburgh, PA - Guns and Heroin Send Washington County Man to Federal Prison
Bobby Leon Cook, aka "Shorty", age 30., a former resident of Detroit, Michigan and recent resident of Washington, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to eight years and four months (100 months) of federal imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release on his conviction of federal drug and firearms offenses.
According to information presented to the court, the investigation revealed that Cook was selling heroin from a Red Roof Inn hotel in Washington County. Working in an undercover capacity, a detective with the Canonsburg Police Department made recorded calls to Cook and arranged to buy a "brick" containing 50 stamp bags of opiates from Cook for $350. Cook was stopped after leaving the hotel and was found to be in possession of a total of 70 stamp bags of heroin and $3,293 in cash. Law enforcement subsequently searched his hotel room and located items which included unfilled stamp bags, a digital scale, rubber bands used to package stamp bags into "bricks," three pistols (a .380 caliber, a .357 caliber and a .38 caliber), and ammunition. One of the firearms was stolen in a Washington County residential burglary.
While imposing sentence, Judge Conti noted that people are dying from heroin purchased from opiate dealers like Cook and that his illegal possession of multiple firearms made the situation even more dangerous.
United States Attorney Brady commended the collective efforts of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Canonsburg Police Department, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, the City of Washington Police Department, the Robinson Township Police Department, the Coraopolis Police Department, the Monessen Police Department, the Pennsylvania State Police and the Washington County Drug Task Force for the investigation leading to the successful prosecution of Cook.
The investigation was funded by the federal Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Program (OCDETF). The OCDETF program supplies critical federal funding and coordination that allows federal and state agencies to work together to successfully identify, investigate, and prosecute major interstate and international drug trafficking organizations and other criminal enterprises.
Outcome: 21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1) and 841(b((1)(C) POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE HEROIN, A SCHEDULE I CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
(1) The court sentenced defendant to a term of imprisonment of 100 months at each of counts one and two, to concurrently run, for a total term of imprisonment of 100 months. 12 months of the federal sentence shall concurrently run to any term of imprisonment imposed for the parole violation in the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County at Docket No. 2585-2009. The court sentenced defendant to a term of supervised release of 5 years at count one, to concurrently run with count two, for a total term of supervised release of 5 years. All conditions of supervision were outlined on the record. No fine was imposed. The court ordered defendant to pay a special assessment of $100, at each count.
18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1) POSSESSION OF A FIREARM AND AMMUNITION BY A CONVICTED FELON
(2) The court sentenced defendant to a term of imprisonment of 100 months at each of counts one and two, to concurrently run, for a total term of imprisonment of 100 months. 12 months of the federal sentence shall concurrently run to any term of imprisonment imposed for the parole violation in the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County at Docket No. 2585-2009. The court sentenced defendant to a term of supervised release of 3 years at count two, to concurrently run with count one for a total term of supervised release of 5 years. All conditions of supervision were outlined on the record. No fine was imposed. The court ordered defendant to pay a special assessment of $100, at each count.
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