6/28/19
by News Department on 06/28/19Drug Trafficking charges...
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that 29 year old Derek Yashinsky, of Shenandoah, was sentenced on June 26, by Senior U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley for his role in a heroin trafficking conspiracy.
According to Skook News, the defendant previously plead guilty to conspiracy to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin.
Yashinsky admitted to distributing heroin and transporting other drug traffickers to Patterson, New Jersey, and Hazleton to obtain large quantities of heroin on multiple occasions.
Yashinsky was one of 11 people charged in the investigation and was sentenced to 28 months imprisonment.
