McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania Career Offender Sentenced to 151 Months for Crack, Fentanyl and Firearm
Glendale Smith, 35, a resident of McKees Rocks, a city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court to 151 months in prison on his conviction of possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine and fentanyl, and possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon. United States District Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan imposed the sentence on November 6, 2026, United States Attorney Troy Rivetti for the Western District of Pennsylvania announced.
According to information presented to the court, on July 24, 2024, police officers approached Smith, who was the subject of multiple active arrest warrants, in the Larimer area of Pittsburgh. As Smith fled, he threw a bag containing 22 grams of crack cocaine and 30 stamp bags of fentanyl, along with the keys to his vehicle. Inside the vehicle, law enforcement found a stolen firearm loaded with an extended magazine.
At the time of the offense, Smith was on parole for illegally possessing a firearm and possessing with intent to distribute a controlled substance in an Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas case. This federal conviction is his third adult conviction, and fourth overall, for illegally possessing a firearm, as well as his third drug trafficking conviction.
Before sentencing, Judge Ranjan found Smith to be a career offender under the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, because he is at least 18 years old, the instant offense is a controlled substance offense, and he had at least two prior felony convictions for either a crime of violence or a controlled substance offense.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police investigated the case. Assistant United States Attorney Barbara K. Doolittle prosecuted it. The case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods, a Department of Justice nationwide initiative.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice
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