SCRANTON—The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle
District of Pennsylvania announced that Laverne Schaeffer, age 48, of
Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on February 5, 2020 to 28 months’
imprisonment by U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani for participating
in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy.
According to United States Attorney David J. Freed,
Schaeffer previously pleaded guilty to participating in the drug trafficking
conspiracy between July 2016 and May 2017 that operated in Schuylkill and Berks
Counties.
Judge Mariani also ordered Schaeffer to forfeit to the
United States more than 105 acres of property in Schuylkill County that was
used by her, her husband Ernest Schaeffer, and other members of the drug
conspiracy to store methamphetamine and firearms.
Ernest Schaeffer was previously sentenced to 15 years in
prison, while Anibal Rodriguez, the leader of the drug conspiracy, was
sentenced to 20 years in prison.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, the Pennsylvania State Police, and local police in Schuylkill
County. Assistant U.S. Attorney Francis P. Sempa 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.
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