The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a 22-year-old Monroe County resident was arrested Tuesday for allegedly distributing heroin during June and July of last year.

According to U.S. Attorney Peter Smith, the defendant, Emmanuel Delcastillo, aka "Capo," of Tobyhanna, was indicted by a federal grand jury in October 2014, and had been a fugitive from justice until surrendering to federal agents Tuesday. The indictment alleges that Delcastillo distributed heroin on June 26 and July 1, 2014, in Monroe County.The charges stem from an investigation by special agents and task force officers of the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Pennsylvania State Police and Pocono Mountain Regional Police.Delcastillo was arraigned Wednesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Karoline Mehalchick in Scranton. He was ordered to be detained in prison pending trial, which is scheduled for May 14.Assistant U.S. Attorney Francis P. Sempa is prosecuting the case.