Drug money was also used to buy an Audi Q5 and BMW 750, according to the indictment, which also seeks to forfeit those cars,Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys, Versace gold and diamond jewelry,Wholesale China Jerseys, a 10-ounce silver bar, watches, bracelet and other jewelry.
They're charged with helping Montgomery use drug proceeds to pay for a "lease-to-purchase" agreement on the Townsend-owned house, which was raided in June, and a similar agreement for a condominium, also owned by Townsend, in the city's North Hills suburbs, according to the indictment.
Montgomery and Perrin were charged in June after state attorney general's agents raided a home owned by a former Pittsburgh Steelers player and found 1,500 bricks of heroin, more than $100,Wholesale NFL Jerseys,000 and 16 handguns,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, shotguns and rifles. A brick of heroin consists of 50 individual dose bags, making the drugs seized worth more than $500,000.
Nobody has been charged in the Aug. 22 death of Tina Crawford, and the superseding indictment announced Thursday by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Pittsburgh doesn't mention the Crawford's killing.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A federal grand jury has returned a new indictment in a heroin trafficking case that authorities believe was linked to the shooting death of a Pittsburgh woman last year, federal prosecutors said.
The former Steelers player,Cheap NFL Jerseys, Deshea Townsend, now lives in Mississippi and is not a suspect in the trafficking case or the shooting. He told authorities after the raid that he had leased the home,Jerseys NFL Cheap, but that neither Montgomery or Perrin were listed on the rental agreement. The new indictment sheds more light on that.
A spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's Office said she couldn't comment Thursday on the Crawford investigation but noted Montgomery and Perrin face 25 years to life in prison if they're convicted of heroin trafficking and firearms charges. They're facing the stiff sentences because both are convicted felons who are not permitted to possess firearms, according to a news release announcing the charges.
That's because the new charges including money laundering counts against two men, Charles Cook, 48, of Pittsburgh, and Andre Avent, 37, of Homestead.
Defense attorneys for Montgomery, Cook and Avent didn't immediately return emails and phone calls for comment. Perrin's federal public defender has a blanket policy of not commenting to the media.
Cook and Avent face up to 20 years in prison if convicted.
But Pittsburgh police have previously said Crawford was shot by three gunmen inside her garage just days before she was to meet with state prosecutors investigating 34-year-old Price Montgomery and 35-year-old James Perrin for alleged heroin trafficking.
But Carolyn Myers, a former spokeswoman for the state attorney general's office, said in August that federal and state authorities were investigating the shooting, too.
Spokeswoman Sonya Toler said the Pittsburgh police investigation was "still ongoing and we are vigorously pursuing all leads."
