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Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced that he filed charges against nine more drug dealers on Monday.

According to AG Shapiro, the drug dealers are connected to the Dragon Heroine Pipeline, a major narcotics ring operating in Blair and Cambria Counties. The narcotics ring sold a huge amount of heroin and cocaine in Blair and Cambria Counties.

Last year, the AG and Blair County District Attorney’s Office shut down the operations of the narcotics ring after arresting 16 drug dealers. The Drafon Heroine Pipeline’s ringleader, Damon “Fat Cat” Devine was among those arrested last year.

Devine  along with most of his fellow drug dealers are currently in prison and awaiting trial.  In April, one of the drug dealers, Barbara Tyler, pleaded guilty to dealing and criminal conspiracy to deliver a controlled substance and other charger. Tyler received a sentence of 49 t0 120 months in jail.

Pennsylvania will not stop going after drug dealers

In a statement, AG Shapiro said, “This investigation involved dealers who transported large amounts of heroin and cocaine from Philadelphia to Altoona and Johnstown.”

In addition, he said, “Our work with the District Attorneys of Blair and Cambria Counties and other law enforcement agencies led to the dismantling of a major pipeline that trafficked $7.8 million in heroin and $1.9 million in cocaine. We shut down this pipeline, but our investigation didn’t end. Our investigators kept digging, and today we’re announcing charges against nine more dealers for peddling this poison.”

Furthermore, AG Shapiro made it clear that the law enforcement in Pennsylvania “will never stop investigating drug dealers and criminal activity.”

The Pennsylvania AG’s office said the nine other drug dealers charged with a variety of crime include the following:

1. Lisa Bowman, 56, of Station Road, Ebensburg
2. Mark Beck, 32, of Jack Steven Street, Hollidaysburg*
3. Christopher Feudale, 38, of N. 5th Avenue, Altoona*
4. Christopher Hicks, 37, of Clark Street, Johnstown
5. Tonya Settlemyer, 33, currently incarcerated
6. Samuel Cook, 42, of Beatty Avenue, Johnstown
7. Oran Ream, 38, of Ihmsen Avenue, Johnstown
8. Kawuan Powell, 25, of Rear Hudson Street, Johnstown
9. Craig Klock, 36, of Oak Avenue, Altoona (*Still at large)

Pennsylvania Senior Deputy Attorney General David C. Gorman is prosecuting the case against the drug dealers.