A Whitehall man on Wednesday was sentenced to life imprisonment on charges relating to the distribution of fentanyl that resulted in a death.

U.S. Middle District of Pennsylvania Judge Karoline Mehalchick sentenced Dimitris Smith Jr., 48,

U.S. Attorney Brian D. Miller said Smith distributed a deadly dose of fentanyl on Dec. 11, 2023, in East Stroudsburg, resulting in the death of a 38-year-old woman who ingested the substance.

Police said between March 14 and April 1, 2024, Smith also distributed fentanyl and cocaine to an undercover law enforcement officer. During this time period, he was on federal supervised release from a prior drug trafficking conviction.

On Jan. 26, Senior U.S. Judge Robert D. Mariani sentenced Smith to 2 years imprisonment, to be served consecutive to the sentence on this case, for the supervised release violation. This is Smith’s third federal drug trafficking conviction.

During the five-day trial, prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney’s Office presented testimony of 32 witnesses, including experts in forensic pathology, forensic toxicology, serology DNA profiling, forensic chemistry and historical cell site data. Witness testimony, the victim’s cellphone data and text messages, DNA evidence seized at the crime scene, and CashApp payment records were among the evidence presented that proved Smith was the dealer who supplied the fentanyl that killed the victim.

The FBI and the state police investigated the case that was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. attorneys Jenny P. Roberts and Patrick Bannon.