(Story by BCR Intern Isaiah Wise)

A man from Homestead, Pennsylvania has been indicted on drug trafficking and machine gun charges. 27-year-old Erik Addison will be indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws.

On May 8th Addison possessed with intent to distribute a quantity of fentanyl and a quantity of a mixture of heroin and fentanyl. He then went on to possess a machine gun in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime,and that he possessed a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon.

According to the law, for a mandatory minimum sentence of 30 years of imprisonment for possession of a machine gun in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, with a maximum total sentence of up to life in prison, a fine of up to $250,000, or both.