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 Craig Smith, age 53, of York County, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on October 8, 2024, by U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer P. Wilson to 10 years in prison for trafficking methamphetamine.
According to United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam, Smith was sentenced for his role in a methamphetamine trafficking ring operated out of a home in Windsor, Pennsylvania. Smith received the ten-year mandatory minimum sentence for trafficking over 500 grams of methamphetamine.
Smith had previously entered a guilty plea where he admitted that on May 6, 2020, he tried to acquire over 600 grams of methamphetamine from a drug dealer in Philadelphia. Police arrested him and found a gun. Smith was charged with conspiracy to traffic meth with Kimberly Forney, Cody Mitzel, Christa Tabor, and Sheridan Lee Boothe.
All the other co-defendants have pled guilty to their roles in methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy. Kimberly Forney was sentenced to 14 years in prison. Cody Mitzel was sentenced to approximately 36 months in prison. Sheridan Lee Boothe was sentenced to 100 months in prison. Christa Tabor pled guilty to conspiracy to traffic methamphetamine and is awaiting sentencing.
This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. On May 26, 2021, the Department launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Consiglio is prosecuting the case.
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