An Ohio man will spend seven years in prison for his role in a heroin and related money laundering ring, federal prosecutors in Pittsburgh said Tuesday.
James Nelson, 31, of Wellsville, Ohio, was convicted of conspiring to sell more than a kilogram of heroin and launder $60,000 of the profit during his participation in a far-reaching drug trafficking operation with ties to Western Pennsylvania between January 2015 and February 2016, U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady said.
Beaver County authorities worked alongside federal agents in the investigation.
U.S. District Judge David S. Cercone imposed the 84-month prison sentence.
