A resident of Arnold entered guilty pleas in federal court in connection with a drug investigation that started in Indiana County.
44-year-old Milton Paschal pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal narcotics laws. He was one of 25 people from Pennsylvania and Ohio named in a four count indictment on February 14th of last year. The investigation started in 2018 as Homeland Security agents in Western PA investigated a violent street gang and made over 50 controlled buys of drugs from the organization. That expanded to wiretaps in May of 2022 which revealed a drug trafficking network that spanned the US and into Mexico. Investigators seized over 600 pounds of fentanyl-laced prescription pills, over 400 pounds of meth, and more than 16 pounds each of fentanyl powder and cocaine.
Paschal admitted to conspiring to distribute the drugs between August of 2018 and March of 2023, and he also allegedly distributed cocaine in December of 2023.
He will be sentenced on August 1st, and could face between 10 years to life in prison, a fine of up to $10 million, or both.
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