The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a second Monroe County man has pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. 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, Emmanuel Tucker, 39, of Stroudsburg, admitted to participating in a conspiracy to distribute meth in the Monroe County area in 2013 and 2014.Tucker was one of seven people indicted by a federal grand jury in April 2014 after a several-month investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Pennsylvania State Police, the Pocono Mountain Regional Police Department and the Stroud Regional Police Department regarding meth trafficking in Monroe County.Previously, Scott Borushak, 51, of Stroudsburg, pleaded guilty and admitted to participating in the same meth trafficking conspiracy. In addition, Jeannine Altemose, 53, of Stroudsburg, previously entered a guilty plea and admitted to allowing methamphetamine to be stored and distributed from her residence. The charges against the remaining defendants are currently pending.The maximum penalty under federal law is 20 years of imprisonment, a term of supervised release following imprisonment, and a $1,000,000 fine.