{"id":43425,"date":"2025-11-24T19:51:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T19:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/43425\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T19:51:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T19:51:30","slug":"erie-man-pleads-guilty-to-2024-federal-indictment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/43425\/","title":{"rendered":"Erie man pleads guilty to 2024 federal indictment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:WJET\/WFXP;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">WJET\/WFXP<\/a>) \u2013 An Erie man is facing up to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to violating federal narcotics laws.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Shawn Geer, 49, pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Stephanie L. Haines to possessing and distributing methamphetamine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\/news\/crime\/erie-man-indicted-for-possession-intent-to-sell-methamphetamines\/?ipid=promo-link-block1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Erie man indicted for possession, intent to sell methamphetamines;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"> Erie man indicted for possession, intent to sell methamphetamines <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Geer was accused of possessing 50 grams or more of a mixture of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute in July 2023 and was indicted in April 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He faces up to 40 years in prison, a fine of up to $5 million, or both, with the actual sentence being based on the severity of the offense and any prior criminal history. Sentencing is set for March 24, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The FBI and Pennsylvania State Police investigated Geer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(WJET\/WFXP) \u2013 An Erie man is facing up to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to violating&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43426,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137,25861,25862,25863],"class_list":["post-43425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-pleading-guilty","tag-stephanie-l-haines","tag-united-states-district-judge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43425","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=43425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}