YOUNGSTOWN — An investigation that turned up large amounts of cocaine and fentanyl in multiple homes on Youngstown’s South Side plus more than $1 million cash has led to a guilty plea in federal court.

Vincent Barber, 60, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Cleveland this week to conspiracy distributing controlled substances and possessing a firearm, in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

Barber will be sentenced at 11 a.m. Oct. 17.

Barber’s charges followed a probe that turned up the drugs in multiple homes on Youngstown’s South Side.

A federal grand jury indicted Barber and Ramon Wright on multiple charges.

Wright, whose age is not available, has never been arrested in the case and remains at large, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Northern District of Ohio.

Barber, 59, was booked into the Mahoning County jail in April, according to jail records.

CASH AND DRUGS

Barber and Wright are alleged to have possessed about $1.3 million in cash.

Their indictments alleged they and others conspired to possess with the intent to distribute, and to distribute cocaine, cocaine base, fentanyl and heroin from about February 2018 to about February 2019.

The indictments and court documents further state:

• As part of the conspiracy the men used 16 Gibson St. in Youngstown for storing controlled substances and selling controlled substances;

• Barber used a home at 34 Gibson St. for storing controlled substances, preparing controlled substances for sale and storing proceeds of sales;

• Barber used a home at 36 Gibson St. for storing controlled substances, and Wright used a home at 11 Potomac Ave. for storing controlled substances;

• Wright bought the home at 11 Potomac Ave. in February 2018. And in November 2018, he bought 16 Gibson St.;

• On Feb. 8, 2019, Barber delivered about $300,000 in cash to an undercover law enforcement officer. Wright conducted counter-surveillance while Barber delivered cash;

• On Feb. 13, 2019, Wright and Barber possessed about 57 pounds of heroin and fentanyl and about $1.3 million in cash at 16 Gibson St.;

• On Feb. 13, 2019, Barber possessed heroin, cocaine, a handgun, an AR-15 assault rifle with an obliterated serial number and another pistol at 36 Gibson St., the government said. On Feb. 13, 2019, Wright possessed 46 pounds of cocaine and a revolver at 11 Potomac Ave.