CRANBERRY TWP — District Judge Dave Kovach Thursday arraigned three men charged with distributing at least a quarter kilogram of cocaine worth more than $30,000.

Officers with the state Attorney General’s office handled the investigation, which began in July 2012. Evidence and testimony were presented to a grand jury Thursday, which recommended that criminal charges be filed.

Both the Cranberry Township and Conway police departments assisted in the investigation.

The suspects arraigned include Justin Richard Bauman, 22, and Anthony Joseph Simoni, 22, both of Conway, Beaver County, and Alan Victor Landy II, 24, of Pittsburgh.

According to a news release from the Attorney General’s office, agents conducted several undercover drug buys in and around Cranberry Township and in Conway. Officers alleged that Landy supplied his two accomplices with the cocaine.

In addition to cocaine, Bauman and Simoni allegedly pedaled the potent painkiller Oxycodone.

The case will be prosecuted in Butler County by a deputy attorney general from the agency’s Drug Task Force department.

The release went on to state that “Western Pennsylvania remains a focus of attention for drug suppliers, because of the increased drug demand.”

Bauman is charged with six counts of delivery of cocaine, two counts of corrupt organizations, one count of criminal conspiracy and one count of delivery of Oxycodone.

Landy is charged with three counts of delivery of cocaine, two counts of corrupt organizations and one count of criminal conspiracy.

Simoni is charged with four counts of delivery of cocaine, two counts of corrupt organizations and one count of criminal conspiracy.