LACKAWANNA COUNTY WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO HEROIN TRAFFICKING

Dennis C. Pfannenschmidt, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced that a 57-year-old Scranton resident today admitted her involvement in a heroin trafficking conspiracy that operated in Lackawanna County during 2004 through 2008.

Pfannenschmidt stated that Jean Davis pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Edwin M. Kosik to conspiracy to distribute heroin. Davis admitted to participating in a drug ring that obtained heroin from suppliers in New Jersey, transported the heroin to Pennsylvania, and distributed it to customers in Lackawanna County.

Davis is one of 15 defendants charged by a federal grand jury with participating in the drug conspiracy. Those charges resulted from an investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATFE)and the Lackawanna County District Attorney’s Office. Others charged in the probe who have also entered guilty pleas in federal court include Shawn Isom, Paul Law, Mark Sleboda, Tesha Spindler, Robert McRae, and Bill Robinson.

Pfannenschmidt noted that Davis faces a potential maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, a $1 million fine, at least three years of supervised release to follow any prison sentence imposed, and a $100 special assessment.

Pfannenschmidt noted that the case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Francis P. Sempa.

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