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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, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of trafficking fentanyl and cocaine.

Thirty-year-old Khalis Collins pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Christy Criswell Wiegand to conspiring to distribute quantities of cocaine and fentanyl from August of 2025 to April of 2026, and possessing with intent to distribute cocaine on April 1st, 2026.

Judge Wiegand scheduled the sentencing of Collins for February 18th, 2027.

Collins could face a total sentence of up to 40 years in prison, a fine of up to $2 million, or both, provided by the law.