A Luzerne County man was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
SCRANTON, Pennsylvania – Iglesias McEntyre, a/k/a ‘Max Pain,’ age 33, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on January 12, 2022, to five years’ imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release by United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion.
He had previously pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
According to United States Attorney John C. Gurganus, McEntyre provided a drug user with approximately a gram of crack in exchange for a firearm.
McEntyre is a previously convicted felon and was on probation in Luzerne County for a drug trafficking charge at the time he committed that offense.
The matter was investigated by the Scranton Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Detectives of the Luzerne County District Attorney’s Office, the Wilkes-Barre City Police Department, and the Luzerne County Drug Task Force.
Assistant United States Attorney Michelle Olshefski prosecuted the case.
This matter was prosecuted as part of the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Program, the centerpiece of the violent crime reduction efforts.
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Key Facts
- State: Pennsylvania
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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