A 41-year-old Effort man was sentenced Monday to 181 months in prison for his role in a heroin trafficking conspiracy, and for violating conditions of his supervised release, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.

U.S. Attorney Peter Smith said Kerion Johnson previously pleaded guilty to committing the crime between November 2013 and April 22, 2014 in Monroe County.Johnson also admitted to committing the crime while on supervised release from an earlier federal drug conviction.In Monday’s first proceeding, Senior U.S. District Court Judge Richard P. Conaboy imposed a 151-month prison sentence on Johnson for the conspiracy offense. A short time later, Senior U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley imposed a 30-month sentence on Johnson for violating the conditions of supervised release, and ordered the 30-month sentence to run consecutive to the 151-month sentence.In regard to the more recent offense, Johnson was charged on June 4, 2014, following an investigation by special agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and state police.Assistant U.S. Attorney Francis P. Sempa prosecuted the case.