The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Eric Mann, 27, of Jim Thorpe, was sentenced

Wednesday to three years' imprisonment by Senior U.S. District Court Judge A. Richard Caputo,for trafficking in methamphetamine.According to United States Attorney Bruce D. Brandler, Mann previously pleadedguilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Mann admitted to possessingapproximately 250 grams of the drug at a residence in Lehighton on Sept. 8, 2016.Agents seized the methamphetamine, digital scales, and plastic baggies from Mann'sbedroom in the residence.Judge Caputo also ordered Mann to serve three years on supervised releasefollowing his prison sentence.Mann was indicted by a federal grand jury in October 2016, as a result of aninvestigation by agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration and local police in CarbonCounty. Assistant U.S. Attorney Francis P. Sempa prosecuted the case.# #