Gabriel Figueroa, Possession of Firearm in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking, Pennsylvania 2025

SCRANTON – A 29-year-old New York man has been sentenced to 60 months in prison for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime in Pennsylvania.

Gabriel Figueroa, age 29, a resident of New York, was sentenced on January 28, 2025 to 60 months’ imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani, for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

According to Acting U.S. Attorney John C. Gurganus, between December 2023 and January 2024, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, law enforcement utilized a confidential informant to conduct three controlled purchases of cocaine from Figueroa. Following the controlled purchases, a search warrant was executed at Figueroa’s residence and law enforcement recovered methamphetamine, cocaine, marijuana, ammunition, and a Taurus .380 caliber handgun.

The investigation was conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives—Allentown Field Office, the Kingston Police Department, and members of the Luzerne County Drug Task Force. Assistant United States Attorney Tatum R. Wilson 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 gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. On May 26, 2021, the Attorney General launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results.

The sentence will be followed by a period of supervised release. This case is part of the PSN initiative, which is a program designed to reduce violent crime and gun violence in our neighborhoods.

The defendant will be expected to serve his sentence in a federal correctional facility.

For more information, contact the U.S. Attorney’s Office at (570) 236-3137.

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