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 today that on June 8, 2017, United States District Judge Sylvia Rambo sentenced Laquan Kellam, age 34, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to 181 months’ imprisonment, for trafficking crack cocaine and for possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
According to United States Attorney Bruce D. Brandler, a jury convicted Kellam after a two-day trial of three counts of distributing crack cocaine, one count of possessing with the intent to distribute over 280 grams of crack cocaine and one count of possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking activities. Kellam distributed drugs in the Harrisburg area between June 20 and July 18, 2014.
Kellam has been in custody since the jury’s verdict.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Phillip J. Caraballo, Eric Pfisterer, and Meredith Taylor.
The matter was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, and by the Harrisburg City Police Department.
This case was brought as part of the Violent Crime Reduction Partnership (“VCRP”), a district wide initiative to combat the spread of violent crime in the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Led by the United States Attorney’s Office, the VCRP consists of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies whose mission is to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who commit violent crimes with firearms.
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