SCRANTON—The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Juan Elvis Monsanto, age 60, of Hazleton, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, was sentenced on December 8, 2020, to 65 months’ imprisonment by U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani, for trafficking in cocaine and more than 50 grams of methamphetamine.
According to United States Attorney David J. Freed, Monsanto previously pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine and cocaine. Monsanto committed the crime in February 2016, in Hazleton.
Judge Mariani also ordered Monsanto to serve four years on supervised release following his prison sentence. Monsanto also faces possible deportation as a result of his conviction.
Monsanto was indicted by a federal grand jury in May 2016, as a result of an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Hazleton Police. 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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