{"id":129525,"date":"2026-03-04T18:24:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T18:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/129525\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T18:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T18:24:10","slug":"lebanon-co-man-sentenced-to-11-years-for-trafficking-kilo-of-cocaine-gun-from-scranton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/129525\/","title":{"rendered":"Lebanon Co. man sentenced to 11 years for trafficking kilo of cocaine, gun from Scranton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HARRISBURG, DAUPHIN CO. (WOLF) \u2014 A Lebanon County man who authorities say traveled to Scranton to obtain cocaine for resale has been sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison.<\/p>\n<p>Angel Lopez-Guzman, 38, of Lebanon, received a 138-month sentence from U.S. District Judge Jennifer P. Wilson after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, according to the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>Federal prosecutors said Lopez-Guzman made a trip from Lebanon to Scranton to purchase a kilogram of cocaine that he intended to distribute in the Lebanon area. Investigators conducted a traffic stop as he was heading back home.<\/p>\n<p>After securing a search warrant, law enforcement officers searched the vehicle and found approximately one kilogram of cocaine along with a handgun in the trunk, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation was carried out by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Lebanon County Drug Task Force. Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Scalera handled the prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>Lopez-Guzman will serve his sentence in federal prison.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HARRISBURG, DAUPHIN CO. (WOLF) \u2014 A Lebanon County man who authorities say traveled to Scranton to obtain cocaine&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":129526,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-129525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}