PITTSBURGH (100.1 FM and AM 1020 KDKA) Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced the arrest of a Pittsburgh man acting as the ringleader for a gun and drug trafficking organization.
After a 10-month investigation by OAG agents, Dennis Alexander, 28, has been arrested.
The investigation was conducted in partnership between the New Brighton Police Department and the City of Pittsburgh Police Department.
"Dennis Alexander made a profit selling guns to criminals and poison to our communities," said AG Shapiro. "Stopping Alexander and his trafficking ring is another battle won against the opioid and gun violence epidemics ravaging Pennsylvania communities."
Alexander orchestrated the order and distribution of substances such as heroin, fentanyl, cocaine, and Oxycodone; As well as stolen firearms to buyers.
Alexander directed a group of "runners" to conduct the sales.
During an undercover investigation, one runner threatened the agent, saying "this is my house. If the feds hit it, I know it was you."
A search warrant found cocaine, heroin, fentanyl, Oxycodone, crystal methamphetamine, Xanax, and a stolen firearm.
Alexander has two prior felony drug convictions in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from July 2016 and February 2017.
He will be charged with delivery of a controlled substance, conspiracy to deliver a controlled substance, possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, sale or transfer of firearms, and related charges.
