Two Beaver County men were in federal court Monday in separate-but-related cases of cocaine distribution in western Pennsylvania.
Cadee Akins Sr., 49, of Monaca, pleaded guilty to a charge of cocaine possession with intent to distribute. Court records indicate Akins distributed five or more kilograms of cocaine between November 2017 and September 2020 to multiple people, who in distributed it to lower-level drug dealers.
Investigators said they recovered an “owe sheet” from a residence Akins used, identifying other conspirators and money they owed him.
Two separate traffic stops on Akins also yielded two kilograms of cocaine and more than $50,000.
Judge Cathy Bissoon schedule Akins’ sentencing for July 13 at 10 a.m.
In addition, Dejuan Hill, 30, of Aliquippa, was sentenced to five years in jail after being convicted of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and possession with intent to distribute a half-kilogram or more of cocaine, as well as a related weapons charge.
Prosecutors said Akins supplied Hill with cocaine between 2018 and 2020. During the course of the investigation, law enforcement conducted three controlled buys of cocaine from Hill at his home on Ann Street in Aliquippa.
A federal search warrant, issued after the drug buys, turned up a loaded handgun with an extended magazine containing 23 rounds of .45 caliber ammunition, federal prosecutors said.
Due to a prior drug-trafficking conviction, Hill is prohibited from possessing either firearms or ammunition.
