Three Pennsylvania Residents Sentenced for Violating Federal Narcotics Laws in OCDETF Investigation

Bill Rana, Robert Botti, and Douglas Smith convicted on multiple charges, including distributing cocaine and methamphetamine across several Pennsylvania counties; investigation part of larger crackdown on high-level drug traffickers and criminal organizations.

• Bill Rana, a supposed member of the Pagans Motorcycle Club and Sergeant of Arms for the Pittsburgh Chapter, was convicted of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws and was sentenced to 48 months of incarceration, followed by four years of supervised release. In the course of the conspiracy, Rana obtained and redistributed over one kilogram of cocaine and over 140 grams of methamphetamine.
• Robert Botti, a resident of McKees Rocks, PA, was sentenced to 15 months of incarceration followed by two years of supervised release for violating federal narcotics laws. Botti is known to have supplied between 400 to 500 grams of cocaine to Douglas Smith during the course of the conspiracy.
• Douglas Smith, a resident of Monessen, PA, was sentenced to 63 months of incarceration followed by four years of supervised release after being convicted of violating federal narcotics laws. Smith obtained over three kilograms of cocaine from a Chicago-based supplier, which he then redistributed.
• The prosecution of Rana, Botti and Smith is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) investigation. The OCDETF aims to identify, disrupt, and dismantle high-level drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs, and transnational criminal organizations that threaten the United States.
• All three prosecutions were led by Assistant United States Attorney Jonathan D. Lusty and the investigation relied on the cooperation of several federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the United States Postal Inspection Service, Drug Enforcement Administration, Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office, Pennsylvania State Police, Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General Bureau of Narcotics Investigations, and the Perryopolis Police Department.

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