Anthony Ianuale, Methamphetamine Trafficking, Pennsylvania 2014

A fifth Monroe County defendant has pleaded guilty to a federal methamphetamine trafficking charge. Anthony Ianuale, a 43-year-old resident of Sciota, admitted to aiding the distribution of methamphetamine in the Monroe County area in 2014.

Ianuale was one of seven persons indicted by a federal grand jury in April 2014, after an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Pennsylvania State Police, the Pocono Mountain Regional Police Department, and the Stroud Regional Police Department.

Previously, Scott Borushak, age 51, Emmanuel Tucker, age 39, both of Stroudsburg, and Fred Baumgartner, age 34, of Kresgeville, pleaded guilty and admitted to participating in the trafficking. Jeannine Altemose, age 53, of Stroudsburg, previously entered a guilty plea and admitted to allowing methamphetamine to be distributed and stored in her residence.

The maximum penalty under federal law is 20 years of imprisonment, a term of supervised release following imprisonment, and a $1,000,000 fine. Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, the Judge is also required to consider and weigh a number of factors, including the nature, circumstances, and seriousness of the offense; the history and characteristics of the defendant; and the need to punish the defendant, protect the public, and provide for the defendant’s educational, vocational, and medical needs.

A sentence following a finding of guilt is imposed by the Judge after consideration of the applicable federal sentencing statutes and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.

The cases are being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Robert J. O’Hara.

Ianuale’s guilty plea brings the number of defendants in the case to four who have pleaded guilty. The charges against the remaining defendants are currently pending.

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