Monroe man sentenced for drug trafficking
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania reported that Steven Silva-Lugo, 32, of Henryville, Monroe County, was sentenced on April 26, by Senior U.S. District Court Judge A. Richard Caputo to 45 months’ imprisonment and three years on supervised release for his role in a Monroe County-based cocaine trafficking conspiracy.
According to U.S. Attorney David J. Freed, Silva-Lugo previously pleaded guilty to conspiring with others to distribute between 280 grams and 840 grams of crack cocaine, as well as between 3.5 kilograms and 5 kilograms of powder cocaine, in the Monroe County area between May and July 2015.
Silva-Lugo was one of 11 individuals indicted by a grand jury in July 2015 and charged with conspiring to distribute powder cocaine, crack cocaine and/or heroin in the Monroe County area.
The case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Pocono Mountain Regional Police Department. Assistant United States Attorney Robert J. O’Hara prosecuted the case.
This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods, a program that has been historically successful in bringing together all levels of law enforcement 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 enforcement and the local community to develop effective, locally-based strategies to reduce crime.
