SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the
Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on May 15, 2020, United States
District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion sentenced Jason Rodriguez, age 25, of
Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, to 18 months’ imprisonment and a three-year term of
supervised release, for drug trafficking.
According to United States Attorney David J. Freed, during
June 2018 and February 2019, Rodriguez
possessed with the intent to distribute cocaine, heroin and the synthetic
opioid, fentanyl. After his initial June
2018 arrest by state authorities, Rodriguez returned to drug trafficking in
February 2019, prompting the initiation of the instant federal case.
The matter was investigated by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI), the Pennsylvania State Police, and the Stroud Area
Regional Police Department. Assistant
U.S. Attorney Jeffery St John prosecuted the case.
This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a
program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities
they serve 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 law enforcement and the local community to develop effective,
locally-based strategies to reduce violent crime.
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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