SCRANTON - The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania reported that a Monroe County man was sentenced Tuesday to 41 months' imprisonment by Senior U.S. District Judge Edwin M. Kosik for participating in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy.

According to U.S. Attorney Peter Smith, Emmanuel Tucker, 39, of Stroudsburg, pleaded guilty in May 2015 to the charge of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.Tucker was one of seven people indicted by a federal grand jury in April 2014 after a several-month investigation conducted jointly by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Pennsylvania State Police, the Pocono Mountain Regional Police Department and the Stroud Regional Police Department regarding methamphetamine trafficking in Monroe County.Previously, Scott Borushak, 51, of Stroudsburg, and Fred Baumgartner, 34, of Kresgeville, pleaded guilty and admitted to participating in the same methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy.The charges against the remaining defendants are currently pending.In addition to the prison term, Kosik also ordered that Tucker be supervised by a probation officer for three years following his release from prison.The cases are being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert J. O'Hara.