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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today that a resident of New Castle has been sentenced in federal court to 30 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, on her conviction of
violating federal drug trafficking laws as part of a Homeland Security Task Force prosecution. The sentence was given to thirty-year-old Alexis Donnell, who previously pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine between
August of 2023 and August of 2024. According to information presented to the Court, Donnell was part of a drug trafficking conspiracy that was based in Detroit, Michigan, and in New Castle. She participated in the conspiracy by retailing cocaine, fentanyl and heroin to her customers in both Beaver County and Lawrence County. Donnell had several prior convictions for crimes involving drugs, theft and violence.