The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jason Mika, 44, of Lansford, was sentenced on July 17 to 188 months’ imprisonment and four years of supervised release by United States District Judge Karoline Mehalchick for one count of possess with intent to distribute 50 grams and more of methamphetamine.

According to Acting United States Attorney John Gurganus, Mika previously pleaded guilty to possessing with the intent to distribute over 50 grams of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine.

As part of his guilty plea, Mika also admitted to possessing over 400 grams of methamphetamine, other controlled substances, and a revolver — all of which were found in his Lansford home during the execution of a search warrant by members of the Nesquehoning Police Department, and other investigators.

The matter was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Office of the Attorney General of Pennsylvania, the Lehighton Borough Police Department, the Nesquehoning Police Department, the Lansford Police Department, the Franklin Township Police Department, and the Carbon County District Attorney’s Office.

United States Attorney James Buchanan prosecuted the case.

This case is part of Operation Take Back America — a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve

The total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations, and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.

Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces and Project Safe Neighborhood.