New York Man Sentenced For Selling Drugs While Armed In Wilkes Barre
Monday, February 3, 2025, 9:05 A.M. ET. 1 Minute Read, By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News,
SCRANTON, PA.- Last week, a 29-year-old New York man learned he would be spending the next five years in federal after being sentenced for selling cocaine to a confidential informant while armed in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
On Tuesday, January 28, 2025, Gabriel Figueroa, 29, of New York, appeared in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani to 60 months in federal prison for his conviction of Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime.
According To The U.S. Attorney’s Office
According to Acting U.S. Attorney John C. Gurganus and documents filed with the District Court, between December 2023 and January 2024, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, law enforcement investigators utilized a confidential informant to make three controlled purchases of cocaine from Figueroa, under the observation of investigators.
Subsequently, following the three controlled purchases, investigators obtained and executed a court-authorized search at Figueroa’s residence. During the search, investigators located and seized quantities of methamphetamine, cocaine, marijuana, ammunition, and a Taurus .380-caliber handgun.
Acting U.S. Attorney Gurganus commended the investigative work of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the Kingston Police Department, and the Luzerne County Drug Task Force for the investigation, which led to the successful prosecution of Figueroa.
