{"id":192592,"date":"2026-05-14T20:21:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T20:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/192592\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T20:21:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T20:21:06","slug":"scranton-man-sentenced-to-20-years-in-federal-drug-and-gun-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/192592\/","title":{"rendered":"Scranton man sentenced to 20 years in federal drug and gun case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) \u2014 A Scranton man will spend the next two decades in federal prison after admitting to major drug trafficking and firearms offenses in Lackawanna County.<\/p>\n<p>Jimmy Bell, 33, was sentenced Wednesday to 240 months behind bars after previously pleading guilty to multiple federal charges tied to methamphetamine distribution and illegal firearm possession.<\/p>\n<p>According to prosecutors, Bell was involved in a conspiracy to distribute large amounts of methamphetamine and marijuana in northeastern Pennsylvania beginning in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Federal authorities say the investigation uncovered more than two kilograms of methamphetamine and nearly four kilograms of marijuana connected to the operation.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators also said Bell, who was prohibited from possessing firearms because of prior felony convictions, had multiple guns with obliterated serial numbers, including a rifle and a handgun, along with ammunition.<\/p>\n<p>The case was investigated by the FBI, Pennsylvania State Police, and the Lackawanna County District Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>Federal officials said the prosecution was part of a broader nationwide initiative targeting drug trafficking and violent crime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) \u2014 A Scranton man will spend the next two decades in federal prison after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192593,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-192592","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\/192592","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=192592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}