A Portersville man faces up to 20 years behind bars and a $1 million fine after pleading guilty in federal court to conspiring with several others to distribute drugs in Pittsburgh’s West End.

Raymond Chrzanowski, 51, pleaded guilty Monday to three counts of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, crack cocaine and heroin, U.S. Attorney Scott Brady said in a news release. He will be sentenced Feb. 27, 2020, by Senior Judge Arthur J. Schwab in the U.S. District Court of Western Pennsylvania in Pittsburgh.

Chrzanowski was among 28 initially charged in June 2018 with federal narcotics and firearms law violations.

The Eagle reported in June 2018 that Chrzanowski and the other defendants were members or associates of the “GBK” street gang, which operated in and around an area known as the Greenway Projects in Pittsburgh’s West End neighborhood.

The charges against Chrzanowski were the result of a lengthy wiretap investigation into drug trafficking and violence. According to the release, the wiretap investigation revealed that Chrzanowski and his co-conspirators cooked powder cocaine into crack cocaine and conspired to distribute quantities of crack cocaine and heroin.

The multiagency investigation was led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration, and included eight other agencies. According to Brady, the investigation was funded by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Program. The federal program targets major interstate and international drug trafficking organizations and other criminal enterprises.