Following a 15-month investigation by the Homeland Security Task Force, eight men from the Pittsburgh area were indicted by a federal jury on charges in connection to a drug trafficking operation, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
The men conspired to distribute, possessed with intent to distribute or distributed cocaine between June 1, 2025 and Sept. 1 of this year, the justice department said in a release.
“Great collaboration led to the takedown of these upper-level cocaine traffickers who were a scourge to the Commonwealth, as their conduct fueled addiction and endangered neighborhoods,” said Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday. “We, along with our partners, are committed to combatting a surge in cocaine-dealing across the Commonwealth.”
Who was charged in federal cocaine trafficking investigation in Pittsburgh?
Terrance Bonner, 45, of Pittsburgh; Martin Langford, 59, of Pittsburgh; Roddell Smalls, 53, of Pittsburgh; Maurice Tinsley, 45, of Bellevue; and Justin Rumble, 47, of Pittsburgh were charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. A kilogram is equivalent to 2.2 pounds.
Tinsley and Smalls face an addition charge of possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine alongside Oscar Stokes, 45, of Uniontown, while Langford was also charged with distribution of 500 grams or more of cocaine on two different dates.
Rashawdi Pugh, 47 of Aliquippa, faces a charge of possession with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine.
President of Pittsburgh youth football program charged in cocaine trafficking operation
Langford, one of the men charged in connection to the drug trafficking operation, led the Westside Mustangs Youth Athletic Association, a football program that received Stop the Violence grant funding during former Pittsburgh mayor Ed Gainey’s administration, according to CBS News Pittsburgh. On Oct. 21, he was removed from his role as president of the association, TribLIVE reported.
Langford is also the owner of 412 Entertainment and JG Trucking, according to his LinkedIn profile.
Finch Walker is the Pittsburgh Connect Reporter for the USA TODAY Network. Contact Walker at FWalker@usatodayco.com. Instagram: @finchwalker_. X: @_finchwalker.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Football coach among Pittsburgh-area men charged with cocaine trafficking
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