SCRANTON, PA — The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Eric Hill, age 34, of Plymouth, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on September 19, 2023, by U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani, to 10 years imprisonment on the charge of conspiracy to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl.
According to United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam, Hill previously pleaded guilty and admitted to conspiring with other individuals to distribute between 400 grams and 1.2 kilograms of fentanyl in the Luzerne County area between 2019 and 2020.
The charge against the defendant resulted from an investigation conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), the Kingston Police Department, the Luzerne County Drug Task Force, and the Pennsylvania State Police. Assistant United States Attorney Robert J. O’Hara prosecuted the case.
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