Jabril Greggs Nabbed in Heroin Sting, Gets 33 Months

Heroin flooded the streets of Monroe County thanks to Jabril Greggs, a 26-year-old from Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania, who admitted to unloading between 80 and 100 grams of the deadly drug—equivalent to 3,000 to 4,000 individual bags—during 2014 and 2015. On December 12, 2016, the toll came due: 33 months behind bars.

U.S. District Judge Malachy E. Mannion handed down the sentence in Scranton after Greggs pleaded guilty in September 2016 to federal heroin distribution charges. The deal cut no slack for the defendant’s plea for leniency. Judge Mannion shot it down, citing the devastation heroin traffickers inflict on communities across the region.

Greggs’ criminal run spanned key months—July 2014, then April and May 2015—when he dealt directly into the toxic pipeline feeding Pennsylvania’s opioid crisis. Each bag he sold carried the risk of overdose, addiction, and collapse—ripple effects felt in homes, hospitals, and morgues.

The case was built through a joint investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration, Pennsylvania State Police, and Pocono Mountain Regional Police. A federal grand jury indicted Greggs in October 2014, launching a prosecution led by Assistant U.S. Attorney Francis P. Sempa.

Beyond prison, Greggs will serve two years under federal supervision and pay a $100 special assessment. But no fine or parole can erase the damage done during his years of active trafficking in one of Pennsylvania’s hardest-hit zones.

This prosecution is part of the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s broader Heroin Initiative, a district-wide push to dismantle distribution networks across the Middle District of Pennsylvania. With coordination between federal, state, and local forces, the crackdown aims to stem the tide of a national epidemic—one dealer at a time.