Carbon County Methamphetamine Trafficker Sentenced To Three Years’ Imprisonment

WILKES-BARRE—The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Eric Mann, age 27, of Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to three years’ imprisonment by Senior U.S. District Court Judge A. Richard Caputo, for trafficking in methamphetamine in the Lehighton area in September 2016.

According to United States Attorney Bruce D. Brandler, Mann previously pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Mann admitted to possessing approximately 250 grams of the drug at a residence in Lehighton on September 8, 2016. Agents seized the methamphetamine, digital scales, and plastic baggies from Mann’s bedroom in the residence.

Judge Caputo also ordered Mann to serve three years on supervised release following his prison sentence.

Mann was indicted by a federal grand jury in October 2016, as a result of an investigation by agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration and local police in Carbon County. Assistant U.S. Attorney Francis P. Sempa prosecuted the case.

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