Jose Torres, age 25, of Allentown, Lehigh County, was sentenced Thursday in federal court in Scranton, by Senior United States District Judge Edwin M. Kosik, to serve 78 months in prison on the charge of conspiracy to distribute cocaine.

According to United States Attorney Peter Smith, Torres previously pleaded guilty to distributing crack cocaine and powder cocaine in the Carbon County area between January 2011 and December 2012.

In addition to the prison term, Kosik also ordered that Torres be supervised by a probation officer for four years following his release from prison.

Torres was indicted by a federal grand jury on Oct. 30, 2012, after an investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Nesquehoning and Lansford police departments.

Torres is the seventh and final defendant to be sentenced in connection with the investigation. Previously, the following defendants, all from Carbon Country, were sentenced:

• Bonnie Vosburgh, 22, of Nesquehoning, sentenced to 60 months in prison on the charge of conspiracy to distribute cocaine;

• Victoria Ann Argott, 34, of Lansford, sentenced to 40 months in prison on the charge of conspiracy to distribute cocaine;

• Alexander "Butch" Sommers, 37, of Summit Hill, sentenced to 37 months in prison on the charge of aiding and abetting the distribution of cocaine;

•Jordan Bachert, 29, of Lansford, sentenced to 30 months in prison on the charge of being an unlawful user of controlled substances in possession of firearms;

• Joseph Revell, 21, of Nesquehoning, sentenced to 30 months in prison on the charge of distributing cocaine; and

• Ceres Lozada, 27, of Nesquehoning, sentenced to 21 months in prison on the charge of conspiracy to distribute cocaine.

The cases were prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Robert J. O'Hara.