McKees Rocks man sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for drug, gun crimes

A McKees Rocks man who pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and being a felon possessing a gun has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison.

Reginald Bernard Blunt, 32, was sentenced Thursday by Senior U.S. District Judge Nora Barry Fischer.

Federal prosecutors showed that Blunt was caught with methamphetamine, fentanyl and an illegal Glock switch that converts a handgun into a fully automatic mode.

He pleaded guilty in federal court to the drug and gun crimes in May.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the FBI and state police were investigating a drug organization in McKees Rocks between August 2022 and June 2023 when they learned that drugs and guns were being stored at Blunt’s residence.

Law enforcement executed a federal search warrant at Blunt’s house and recovered a backpack containing two prescription pill bottles bearing Blunt’s name, a loaded handgun containing 17 rounds, and the Glock switch.

Authorities also found about 2 ounces of a fentanyl and methamphetamine mixture, 20 grams of fentanyl, about 1,000 rounds of ammunition and $4,300.

Investigators learned that the gun was the same one Blunt used to threaten another man on May 16, 2023, during an altercation at the home.

Police said that traffic cameras showed Blunt repeatedly pointing it at a man carrying a child.

Authorities said the man ducked behind a vehicle to avoid Blunt before Blunt allowed the man to put the child in a car. He then brought the man back to the porch of the house where the two exchanged punches, the traffic cameras showed, according to prosecutors.

Federal law prohibits possession of a firearm or ammunition by a convicted felon.

Assistant US Attorney Brendan J. McKenna prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.