York Man Sentenced To Over 14 Years In Prison For Drug Trafficking

HARRISBURG –The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Mark A. Woods, age 32, of York, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on October 7, 2024, to 176 months in prison by United States District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner for drug offenses.

According to United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam, Woods was sentenced for trafficking crack cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl in York. Previously, Woods entered a guilty plea where he admitted that on July 30, 2019, the York City Police Department caught him with drugs he was going to traffic. Police also found that he had a gun. When imposing sentence, Judge Conner pointed to the fact that Woods had a gun on this occasion, that Woods’ extensive criminal history including drugs and guns, and that previous prison sentences failed to deter him. 

The case was investigated by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the York City Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael A. Consiglio is prosecuting the case.

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. On May 26, 2021, the Department launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results.

This case was also brought as part of a district wide initiative to combat the nationwide epidemic regarding the use and distribution of heroin. Led by the United States Attorney’s Office, the Heroin Initiative targets heroin traffickers operating in the Middle District of Pennsylvania and is part of a coordinated effort among federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who commit heroin related offenses.

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