Delaware Man Sentenced To Over 12 Years’ Imprisonment For Distributing Heroin In Dauphin And Lycoming Counties

HARRISBURG-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Anthony Rowe, age 55, of Wilmington, Delaware, was sentenced on January 16, 2018, to 151 months’ imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo for distributing heroin in Dauphin and Lycoming counties.

According to United States Attorney David J. Freed, Rowe was found guilty by a jury on March 16, 2017.  The evidence showed that Rowe travelled from Philadelphia to Dauphin and Lycoming Counties between February and June 2016, and distributed over 10 kilograms of heroin. Ten kilograms of heroin is approximately equal to 400,000 retail bags of heroin.

This case was brought as part of a district wide initiative to combat the nationwide epidemic regarding the use and distribution of heroin. Led by the United States Attorney’s Office, the Heroin Initiative targets heroin traffickers operating in the Middle District of Pennsylvania and is part of a coordinated effort among federal, state and local law enforcement agencies to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who commit heroin related offenses.

This case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Pennsylvania State Police and the Dauphin County Drug Task Force.  Assistant United States Attorneys Daryl F. Bloom and Chelsea Schinnour prosecuted the case. 

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