SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jacob Davis, age 32, of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 57 months’ imprisonment by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Richard P. Conaboy, for selling heroin in the Hazleton area during the summer of 2015.
According to United States Attorney Bruce D. Brandler, Davis previously pleaded guilty to distributing between 80 and 100 grams of heroin (which equals approximately 3,000-4,000 retail bags of heroin) during June through August of 2015.
Judge Conaboy also ordered Davis to serve three years on supervised release following his prison sentence.
Davis was charged in an Information filed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in October 2015. The case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Hazleton Police Department. Assistant U.S. 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.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
