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Pittsburgh area man sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison in narcotic trafficking case

January 5, 2024 / 11:00 AM EST / CBS Pittsburgh

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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - A Wilkinsburg man is facing eight years in prison following a conviction in a drug trafficking case.

Senior U.S. District Judge Joy Flowers Conti sentenced 35-year-old Howard Palmer of Wilkinsburg to eight years in prison on charges of narcotics trafficking.

In February 2023, a search warrant was executed at two apartments on Princeton Boulevard in Wilkinsburg. During the search, police found two kilograms of cocaine, two guns, fentanyl, and other drugs.

They also found drug packing material.

Palmer admitted to authorities that the guns and narcotics belonged to him.

The judge said that the sentence was appropriate due to the large quantity of drugs and the guns and ammunition.

Drug Trafficking
Wilkinsburg

Patrick Damp

Patrick Damp is a web producer for CBS Pittsburgh. A Pittsburgh native who grew up watching KDKA-TV, Patrick studied journalism at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. After half a decade in sports communication, Patrick decided to pursue his dream of working in journalism in his hometown and joined the CBS Pittsburgh team in 2019.