Darryll Edward Bishop aka Fish,Tashannia M. Clark

Darryll Edward Bishop, 40, of Larimer "Fish" is accused of being the main supplier of the ring that distributed more than $300,000 worth of heroin to Venango, Crawford and Erie counties between 2005 and last year, state Attorney General Tom Corbett said Friday.
Bishop often was assisted by Tashannia M. Clark, 32, of East Liberty who took him to meeting locations and helped deliver the drugs, the attorney general said.
Both are charged with possession and delivery of heroin and conspiracy.

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Casey D. McClelland,Tashannia M. Clark, Darryl E. Bishop,Jacob T. Elliott,Corey J. Blood,Duane A. Zirkle Jr

Casey D. McClelland, 25, of the 11300 block of Hunters Ridge, Vernon Township, charged with one count each of delivery of heroin and possession of heroin.
Corey J. Blood, 19, of the 200 block of South Second Street, Conneaut Lake, charged with three counts each of delivery of heroin and possession of heroin and one count of criminal conspiracy.
Duane A. Zirkle Jr., 20, of the 12900 block of Ryan Road, Conneaut Lake, charged with two counts each of delivery of heroin and possession of heroin and one count of criminal conspiracy.
Jacob T. Elliott, 20, of the 9100 block of Route 6, Conneaut Lake, charged with one count each of criminal conspiracy, delivery of heroin and possession of heroin.
Also charged as part of the case were Pittsburgh residents Darryl E. Bishop, 40, and Tashannia M. Clark, 32. Both were arraigned Thursday on charges of delivery of heroin, possession of heroin and criminal conspiracy, investigators said.
The arrests were the result of a 14-month grand jury investigation into heroin trafficking between Pittsburgh and northwestern Pennsylvania communities, including Conneaut Lake and Edinboro, state Attorney General Tom Corbett said Friday.
Bishop allegedly served as a Pittsburgh-area source for heroin and supplied it to McClelland, Blood, Zirkle and Elliott, according to the indictment.
Corbett said the defendants made trips to Pittsburgh, often returning to the Conneaut Lake area with 10-bag "bundles" or 50-bag "bricks" of heroin that they would then distribute.
Agents accused the group of transporting and distributing more than $300,000 worth of heroin in Crawford and Erie counties between 2005 and 2007.

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Shakur Muhammad, Kenneth Johnson "Get High or Die Trying."

Shakur Muhammad will spend nine years in prison. Thirty-year-old Kenneth Johnson was sentenced to five years.

Earlier this month, 36-six-year-old Alfurgan Simon, of Newark, New Jersey, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for heading the ring.

At least 18 people died in Allegheny County from heroin laced with fentanyl, a drug that is legally used as a powerful painkiller for cancer patients. Some of the drugs were labeled "Get High or Die Trying."

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