A Pittsburgh man is facing federal charges for trafficking methamphetamine, fentanyl, and cocaine. The one-count indictment, returned by a grand jury, names 38-year-old Eric Gerome Clancy, a resident of Pittsburgh's East Hills neighborhood, as reported by the U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Pennsylvania.
The indictment, as detailed in a press release from the United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania, alleges that Clancy possessed with intent to distribute narcotics, including crack and powder cocaine, as well as a methamphetamine and fentanyl mix, around May 15. The discovery stemmed from a routine traffic stop by Mt. Lebanon police, leading to the search of Clancy's vehicle, where nine "bricks" of the meth and fentanyl mix were found. In addition to the drugs, money amounting to a considerable US currency and a scale were part of the police haul.
Currently on federal supervised release from a previous 90-month sentence for a drug trafficking and firearms conviction, Clancy could now face up to 20 years in prison and fines reaching $1 million if convicted on the new charges. The sentence, however, will be determined by considering the gravity of this latest offense and his prior criminal history, as described by the federal Sentencing Guidelines
