SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Shawn Isom, age 45, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 70 months’ imprisonment on Feb. 27, 2017, by U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani for trafficking in heroin.
According to United States Attorney Bruce D. Brandler, Isom pleaded guilty to possession with the intent to distribute between 80 and 100 grams of heroin (which is equivalent to approximately 3,000-4,000 retail bags of heroin) in Lackawanna County during September 2015. Isom committed the crime while on supervised release for a previous federal drug conspiracy.
Judge Mariani imposed a 50-month prison sentence for the heroin trafficking offense, and added a 20-month prison sentence for Isom’s supervised release violation. Isom was also ordered to serve six years on supervised release following his prison sentence.
The investigation was conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Pennsylvania State Police, and the Scranton Police. Assistant United States Attorney Francis P. Sempa prosecuted the case.
This case was 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.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
