Suspect in death of federal witness arranged drug deals while in jail, prosecutors say

The Wellsville man charged in the overdose death of Crystal Quinn – a former exotic dancer who had agreed to cooperate in the federal government’s Pharaoh’s strip club sex- and drug-trafficking case – used another inmate’s telephone account to make calls to an accomplice on the outside, according to prosecutors.

“It’s all recorded on phone calls,” said Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicholas Cooper at a recent court proceeding.

Gogolack, 39, has been in custody since August, initially charged with drug and firearms charges several weeks after he called 911 to report Quinn had died in his Wellsville home. Since then, prosecutors have added many more serious charges, four of which carry potential lifetime prison sentences if he’s convicted.

At his arraignment Tuesday, Gogolack pleaded not guilty to 17 counts contained in a superseding indictment unsealed earlier this month that names six people as part of a conspiracy to obstruct justice by targeting a federal witness for retaliation.

The new federal grand jury indictment earlier this month spells out allegations of witness tampering, retaliation, kidnapping, narcotics and firearms charges.