James C. Cartwright, Possessing Firearms While Unlawful User of Controlled Substance, Pennsylvania 2022

SCRANTON, Pennsylvania – A Jefferson Township man has been sentenced to two years of probation for possessing firearms while an unlawful user of a controlled substance.

James C. Cartwright, age 34, was sentenced on January 27, 2022, by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion to two years of probation for possessing two firearms while an unlawful user of a controlled substance.

According to United States Attorney John C. Gurganus, Cartwright previously admitted that between November 2, 2019, and through July 1, 2020, in Wayne and Lackawanna Counties, he was in possession of two firearms, a Taurus PT740 and a Heritage Arms revolver, while knowing that he was an unlawful user of a controlled substance.

The matter was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration. Assistant U.S. Attorney James M. Buchanan prosecuted the case.

This case was prosecuted as part of the joint federal, state, and local Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Program, the centerpiece of the government’s violent crime reduction efforts.

PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective at reducing violent crime. Through PSN, a broad spectrum of stakeholders work together to identify the most pressing violent crime problems in the community and develop comprehensive solutions to address them.

The PSN program focuses enforcement efforts on the most violent offenders and partners with locally based prevention and reentry programs for lasting reductions in crime.

The defendant’s real full name is James C. Cartwright. The exact criminal charges include possessing firearms while an unlawful user of a controlled substance. The city and state are Scranton, Pennsylvania. The exact date of the crime was between November 2, 2019, and July 1, 2020. The sentence or outcome is two years of probation.

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