Crime & Safety

Nazareth Man Pleads Guilty In Pittsburgh Drug Ring Trial

Bricks R Us drug kingpin pleaded guilty in federal court.

A Northampton County man pleaded guilty to helping to supply heroin to the drug ring Bricks R Us, which openly sold drugs in Monroeville’s business district, on Wednesday.

Keith Eutsey, 39, of Nazareth, pleaded guilty to a single count of conspiring to sell 1 to 3 kilograms of heroin between January and April, according to TribLive.com. Eutsey was previously convicted on drug charges, after previously being convicted in New Jersey on charges of selling drugs near a school. Because of his previous conviction, Eutsey could face a minimum 20 year sentence in jail, TribLive.com reports.

Eutsey has been a part of the Newark, New Jersey to Pittsburgh heroin pipeline since at least 2008, Trib Live said. He, and a number of other leaders in the drug ring, were arrested in 2010, but Eutsey made bail and was awaiting sentencing when arrested again in May 2014, according to the news website.

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