The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Michael Anthony Boomer, 60, of Blakeslee, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani to a term of 41 months imprisonment for trafficking cocaine and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Boomer pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and being a felon in possession of a firearm on Feb. 28. Boomer was the target of joint investigation conducted by the FBI and the Stroud Area Regional Police Department into drug trafficking occurring in the Monroe County area. Boomer sold cocaine to a confidential informant on multiple occasions, which lead investigators to seek a federal search warrant for his Blakeslee residence. Boomer and his co-defendant/son Justin Lamont Hardy were found to be in possession of additional cocaine, drug paraphernalia, cash and multiple firearms.

In addition to serving 41 months in federal prison, Boomer will pay a $200 special assessment and be placed on three years of supervised release upon release from custody.

Mariani sentenced Hardy to 60 months incarceration for possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking earlier this year.

The case was jointly investigated by the FBI and the Stroud Area Regional Police Department.