Luzerne County Man Sentenced To 96 Months’ Imprisonment For Drug Trafficking

SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on March 4, 2021, Vincent Carter, age 36, of Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 96 months’ imprisonment followed by a three-year term of supervised release by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion for drug trafficking offenses.

According to Acting U.S. Attorney Bruce D. Brandler, Carter distributed fentanyl on multiple occasions in March 2019, in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania. After a search of his residence and vehicle, additional amounts of fentanyl and narcotics packaging were recovered.

The case was investigated by the Kingston Police Department, the Nanticoke Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.  Assistant United States Attorney Geoffrey W. MacArthur prosecuted the case.

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program that has been historically successful in bringing together all levels of law enforcement to reduce violent crime and make our neighborhoods safer for everyone.  The Department of Justice reinvigorated PSN in 2017 as part of the Department’s renewed focus on targeting violent criminals, directing all U.S. Attorney’s Offices to work in partnership with federal, state, local and tribal enforcement and the local community to develop effective, locally-based strategies to reduce crime. This case was brought as part of a district wide initiative to combat the nationwide epidemic regarding the use and distribution of heroin. 

This case was also brought as part of a district wide initiative to combat the nationwide epidemic regarding the use and distribution of heroin.  Led by the United States Attorney’s Office, the Heroin Initiative targets heroin traffickers operating in the Middle District of Pennsylvania and is part of a coordinated effort among federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who commit heroin related offenses.

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