The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Monroe County man pleaded guilty Wednesday in United States District Court in Scranton before Senior U.S. District Judge Edwin M. Kosik to the charge of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.

According to U.S. Attorney Peter Smith, Scott Borushak, 51, of Sciota, admitted to participating in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in the Monroe County area in 2013 and 2014.Borushak was one of seven people indicted by a federal grand jury in April 2014 after an investigation conducted jointly by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Pennsylvania State Police, the Pocono Mountain Regional Police Department and the Stroud Regional Police Department.Previously, Jeannine Altemose, 53, of Stroudsburg, pleaded guilty and admitted to allowing methamphetamine to be stored and distributed from her residence. The charges against the remaining defendants are currently pending.The cases are being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert J. O'Hara.In this case, the maximum penalty for all charges under the federal statutes is imprisonment for 20 years, a term of supervised release following imprisonment, and a fine.