Source: Office of United States Attorneys
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to violations of federal narcotics and firearms laws and was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for his crimes, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today.
Senior United States District Judge Joy Flowers Conti imposed the sentence on Derrick Jaquay Holliday, 39, who pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute quantities of fentanyl, cocaine, cocaine base, ketamine, and buprenorphine, and possession of ammunition as a convicted felon. Judge Conti also ordered Holliday to serve six years of supervised release following his prison term.
Prior to sentencing, the Court was informed that, on July 23, 2024, law enforcement conducted a search of Holliday’s apartment as a condition of his existing term of federal supervised release. During the search, law enforcement recovered the controlled substances, ammunition, and a taser cartridge, as well as drug paraphernalia known to be used for the packaging and sale of narcotics. He has a 20-year history of committing serious crimes, including several prior drug trafficking and weapons crimes.
Assistant United States Attorneys Ross E. Lenhardt and Kelly M. Locher prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.
The United States Federal Probation and Pretrial Services Office of the Western District of Pennsylvania; United States Marshals Service’s Western Pennsylvania Fugitive Task Force; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and Pittsburgh Bureau of Police’s Fugitive Apprehension Unit conducted the investigation that led to the prosecution of Holliday.