SCRANTON—The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle
District of Pennsylvania announced that Derek Mountz, age 35, of Schuylkill
Haven, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on May 6, 2019, to 105 months’ imprisonment
followed by four years on supervised release, by Senior U.S. District Court
Judge A. Richard Caputo, for participating in a drug trafficking conspiracy
that distributed heroin and methamphetamine in the Schuylkill County area in
2016.
According to United States Attorney David J. Freed, Mountz
previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute more than 100 grams of
heroin and more than 50 grams of methamphetamine. One hundred grams of heroin
is equivalent to approximately 4,000 retail bags of heroin.
The matter 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.
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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