Pittsburgh Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Role in Network That Brought Kilogram Quantities of Cocaine to Western Pennsylvania

PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 144 months of incarceration, to be followed by five years of supervised release, on his conviction through a Homeland Security Task Force prosecution of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today.

Chief United States District Judge Cathy Bissoon imposed the sentence on Jamal Stoner, 38, on May 13, 2026.

According to information presented to the Court, Stoner conspired with others to bring kilogram quantities of cocaine to the Pittsburgh region for redistribution. On September 27, 2021, law enforcement conducted a search of Stoner's stash apartment, where they recovered 11 kilograms of cocaine. As part of his plea agreement, Stoner also accepted responsibility for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Federal law prohibits possession of a firearm or ammunition by a convicted felon.

Prior to imposing sentence, Judge Bissoon stated that the sentence was appropriate given the defendant's recidivist history and involvement in kilogram quantity drug distribution.

Assistant United States Attorney Katherine C. Jordan prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.

This prosecution was part of the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) initiative established by Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion. The HSTF is a whole-of-government partnership dedicated to eliminating criminal cartels, foreign gangs, transnational criminal organizations, and human smuggling and trafficking rings operating in the United States and abroad. Through historic interagency collaboration, the HSTF directs the full might of United States law enforcement toward identifying, investigating, and prosecuting the full spectrum of crimes committed by these organizations that have long fueled violence and instability within our borders. In performing this work, the HSTF places special emphasis on investigating and prosecuting those engaged in child trafficking or other crimes involving children. The HSTF further utilizes all available tools to prosecute and remove the most violent criminal aliens from the United States. The Western District of Pennsylvania is part of the Philadelphia HSTF, which is comprised of agents and officers from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI); the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), the United States Marshals Service (USMS), the United States Department of State-Diplomatic Security Service (DSS), and state and local law enforcement partners, with the prosecution being led by the United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania.