Pennsylvania Authorities Crackdown Major Trafficker of Opioid Oxycodone

iled charges against the ringleader and members of the drug trafficking group.  The ringleader named David Bruce Darby of Chambersburg is facing multiple charges including drug delivery resulting in death, violations of the Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act and dealing in proceeds of unlawful activity. He was also charged with corrupt organizations; criminal conspiracy; drug delivery resulting in death; criminal use of a communications facility and persons not to possess a firearm.

Oxycodone is a Schedule II controlled substance. It is one of the most misused prescription painkillers or opioids in the United States. In 2018, around 10.3 million people misused prescription opioids including Oxycodone across the nation. More than 130 people died every day from opioid-related drug overdose, according to data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Authorities eliminated the “cancer from south central Pennsylvania

Darby allegedly smuggled Oxycodone from New York City and distributed the drug to people in Franklin and Cumberland counties in Pennsylvania. In August 2019, his delivery of the drug to Katya Bertone of Chambersburg led to her death.