U.S. Department
of Justice
Press Release
Thirteen Individuals With Motorcycle Gang Connections Sentenced In Drug Trafficking Conspiracy
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that thirteen individuals were sentenced in connection with a cocaine and methamphetamine drug trafficking conspiracy in multiple counties within the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
According to United States Attorney David J. Freed, the individuals, some of whom were members of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gang the Pagan’s Motorcycle Club and affiliated gangs, sold methamphetamine and cocaine hydrochloride, Schedule II controlled substances, between December 2014 and April 2016 in Berks, Cumberland, Dauphin, York, Northumberland, Perry and Snyder Counties.
|
Name |
Age |
City |
Sentence Date |
Sentence |
|
Arthur Houze |
49 |
Harrisburg |
September 27, 2017 |
151 months’ imprisonment |
|
Michael Herman |
49 |
Harrisburg |
January 3, 2018 |
120 months’ imprisonment |
|
Scott Ohler |
50 |
Harrisburg |
September 28, 2017 |
110 months’ imprisonment |
|
Michael Finsterbush |
50 |
Lemoyne |
January 11, 2017 |
100 months’ imprisonment |
|
Joseph Newton |
47 |
Selinsgrove |
January 30, 2017 |
96 months’ imprisonment |
|
Phillip Bennett |
43 |
Elizabethtown |
May 11, 2017 |
70 months’ imprisonment |
|
Timothy Watson |
42 |
Lemoyne |
August 17, 2017 |
70 months’ imprisonment |
|
Eric West |
29 |
Shermans Dale |
August 3, 2017 |
70 months’ imprisonment |
|
Justin Spiegle |
41 |
Liverpool |
May 11, 2017 |
60 months’ imprisonment |
|
John Nace |
41 |
York |
December 7, 2016 |
48 months’ imprisonment |
|
Douglas Lesniak |
46 |
Steelton |
May 19, 2017 |
30 months’ imprisonment |
|
Michael Sanders |
43 |
Selinsgrove |
April 12, 2017 |
25 months’ imprisonment |
|
Marcie Herman |
47 |
Harrisburg |
April 20, 2017 |
6 months’ imprisonment and 6 months in-home detention |
This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Pennsylvania State Police. Assistant U.S. Attorney Chelsea Schinnour prosecuted the case.
This case was brought pursuant to the FBI’s Capital City Safe Streets Gang Task Force initiative. The initiative is designed to reduce gang-related violent crimes through a comprehensive, FBI led law enforcement approach utilizing state of the art investigative efforts to detect, exploit, disrupt, dismantle, and interdict domestic and international gangs.
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Updated January 4, 2018
Topic
Drug Trafficking
Component