Harrisburg Man Sentenced to Over Twenty-one Years' Imprisonment for Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses
HARRISBURG—The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Robert Hendrix, Jr., age 39, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on June 13, 2019, by United States District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo to 262 months’ imprisonment to be followed by six years of supervised release for drug trafficking and firearms offenses.
According to United States Attorney David J. Freed, Hendrix previously admitted to possessing with the intent to distribute crack cocaine and possessing multiple firearms as a previously convicted felon.
This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. The Department of Justice reinvigorated PSN in 2017 as part of the Department’s renewed focus on targeting violent criminals, directing all U.S. Attorney’s Offices to work in partnership with federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement and the local community to develop effective, locally-based strategies to reduce violent crime.
The investigation was conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Harrisburg Police Bureau. Assistant U.S. Attorney Carlo D. Marchioli prosecuted the case.
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