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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced yesterday that a resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 10 years of imprisonment on his conviction of possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine and possession of ammunition by a convicted felon. Thirty-five-year-old Timothy Bazmore was sentenced and according to information presented to the Court, he was caught in possession of approximately 22 grams of crack cocaine as well as a firearm magazine loaded with several rounds of ammunition. Bazmore was also prohibited under federal law from possessing the ammunition because of his multiple prior felony convictions. Prior to imposing the sentence on Bazmore, United States District Judge W. Scott Hardy stated that the sentence was warranted for a number of reasons, which included Bazmore’s extensive criminal history.