Man Arrested In Wilkes-Barre After Drug Transaction Sentenced On Firearms Related Offenses

SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jorge Mojica, age 25, of Wilkes-Barre was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Court Judge Richard P. Conaboy in Scranton, for possessing and brandishing a firearm in connection with a drug trafficking offense.  Judge Conaboy sentenced Mojica to 84 months in prison to be followed by three years of federal supervised release. 

According to United States Attorney Peter Smith, Mojica was arrested after selling .12 grams of heroin in the parking lot of Chacko’s Bowling Center on Wilkes-Barre Boulevard, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.  The car Mojica was riding in at the time of the illegal drug transaction was pulled over by police and Mojica was found to be in possession of an additional 2.3 grams heroin and two loaded firearms.

This case was brought as part of the Violent Crime Reduction Partnership (“VCRP”), a districtwide initiative to combat the spread of violent crime in the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Led by the United States Attorney’s Office, the VCRP consists of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies whose mission is to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who commit violent crimes.

The case was investigated by the ATF, Wilkes-Barre Police Department, and the Pennsylvania State Police.  Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Jill Mathews, of the Luzerne County District Attorney’s Office, and Assistant U.S. Todd K. Hinkley prosecuted the case.

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