Puerto Rican Pleads Guilty to Participating in Interstate Drug Trafficking Organization

PITTSBURGH – Adalberto Davila, a resident of Puerto Rico, pled guilty to conspiring to traffic kilograms of cocaine and heroin in Western Pennsylvania, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.

Davila, 42, pled guilty to conspiring to distribute at least five kilograms of cocaine and at least one kilogram of heroin between 2011 and 2013 in the Pittsburgh area. Chief United States District Judge Joy Flowers Conti accepted the guilty plea and scheduled sentencing to occur on Dec. 16, 2015, at 3:30 p.m.

Davila was part of an interstate drug trafficking organization that operated in several locations throughout the United States. Davila was part of the multi-jurisdictional supply chain that resulted in the distribution of, among other things, numerous kilograms of cocaine and heroin in Western Pennsylvania between 2011 and 2013.

The law provides for a maximum total sentence of not less than 10 years and up to life in prison, a fine of $10,000,000, or both. Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, the actual sentence imposed would be based upon the seriousness of the offense and the prior criminal history, if any, of the defendant.

Assistant United States Attorneys Katherine A. King and Craig W. Haller are prosecuting this case on behalf of the United States.

A task force led by the Drug Enforcement Administration conducted the investigation leading to the conviction in this case. The task force also included several other federal, state, and local agencies from multiple states, including the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the United States Marshals Service, the Pennsylvania State Police, the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office, the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, the Allegheny County Police Department, the Penn Hills Police Department, the Monroeville Police Department, and the McKees Rocks Police Department.