Homestead Woman Sentenced to Prison for Conspiring to Distribute Heroin, Launder Proceeds

PITTSBURGH – An Allegheny County resident has been sentenced in federal court to 18 months’ imprisonment on her convictions of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute a quantity of heroin and conspiracy to commit money laundering, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.

United States District Judge Nora Barry Fischer imposed the sentence yesterday on Brianna Timber, age 23, of Duquesne, PA.

According to information presented to the court, from April through August 2016, Timber was intercepted over a DEA wiretap conspiring with others to possess with intent to distribute and distribute heroin. She also conspired with others to launder the proceeds of the heroin trafficking conspiracy.

Prior to imposing sentence, Judge Fischer stated that the sentence was sufficient but not greater than necessary to achieve the goals of sentencing.

Assistant United States Attorney Tonya Sulia Goodman prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.

Acting United States Attorney Song commended the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation, the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, and the Pennsylvania State Police for the investigation leading to the successful prosecution of Timber. The investigation was funded by the federal Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Program (OCDETF). The OCDETF program supplies critical federal funding and coordination that allows federal and state agencies to work together to successfully identify, investigate, and prosecute major interstate and international drug trafficking organizations and other criminal enterprises.