HARRISBURG — This is an official press release from the U.S. Department of Justice (USAO - Pennsylvania, Middle), published as received.

HARRISBURG -  The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that  federal grand jury in Harrisburg has indicted three men on multiple charges involving the unlawful distribution of heroin and marijuana, and criminal conspiracy.

According to United States Attorney Peter Smith, Robert Wolf, 23, Everett, PA, Senad Agu, 27, Philadelphia, and Sayeh Gondeh, 26, Bensalem, were charged in a three count indictment. Agu and Gondeh were charged in one count with unlawfully possessing at least 100 grams of heroin with the intent to distribute. All three men were charged in the other two counts with distributing and conspiring with each other to distribute at least 50 kilograms of marijuana since at least September 2013.

The case was investigated by the Harrisburg Resident Office of the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Pennsylvania State Police, the Franklin County Drug Task Force, and the Fulton County Drug Task Force. Prosecution of the case has been assigned to Assistant United States Attorney William A. Behe.

Indictments are only allegations. All persons charged are presumed to be innocent unless and until found guilty in court.

A sentence following a finding of guilt is imposed by the Judge after consideration of the applicable federal sentencing statutes and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.

The maximum penalty under federal law on the heroin charge is 40 years of imprisonment with a mandatory minimum 5 year term of imprisonment, a term of supervised release following imprisonment, and a fine. The marijuana counts are punishable by a maximum of 20 years imprisonment. Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, the Judge is also required to consider and weigh a number of factors, including the nature, circumstances and seriousness of the offense; the history and characteristics of the defendant; and the need to punish the defendant, protect the public and provide for the defendant's educational, vocational and medical needs. For these reasons, the statutory maximum penalty for the offense is not an accurate indicator of the potential sentence for a specific defendant.

 

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