A former Luzerne County police officer was sentenced March 7 to eight years in prison for drug trafficking, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.

Kevin Davis, 28, of Wilkes-Barre, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine, marijuana, fentanyl, and methamphetamine.

Davis was employed as a patrolman for the Luzerne County Municipal Police Department when he committed the crimes.

According to U.S. Attorney Gerard M. Karam, between May 2021 and April 2022, Davis rented an apartment for a drug trafficking operation in Wilkes-Barre knowing the apartment was solely being used to store illegal drugs and drug proceeds.

Davis installed security cameras inside the apartment and acted as security for the drug trafficking organization.

He instructed members of the organization what to do and say if they were stopped by the police and warned them about potential law enforcement surveillance.

On one occasion he used a law enforcement database to determine whether a member of the organization had been stopped by law enforcement.

The case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations, the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General Bureau of Narcotic Investigations, and the Luzerne County Drug Task Force. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jenny P. Roberts and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Michelle Hardik prosecuted the case.