The U.S. attorney's office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania said a Monroe County woman connected to a heroin trafficking ring that operated in Monroe County and elsewhere during 2012 through March 2015 pleaded guilty Monday before Senior U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley in Scranton.

According to U.S. Attorney Peter Smith, Shawnette Isaac, 39, of Marshalls Creek, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute heroin and cocaine. Isaac admitted to traveling to New Jersey on several occasions to obtain a total of more than 80 grams of heroin, which is equivalent to approximately 2,600 retail bags of heroin, for distribution to others in the Monroe County area.Isaac was indicted by a federal grand jury in Scranton in March 2015. The charges were the result of an investigation by the FBI, the Pennsylvania State Police, and local police in Monroe County.Judge Munley ordered a presentence investigation to be completed, and scheduled sentencing for Aug. 2.Assistant U.S. Attorney Francis P. Sempa is prosecuting the case.This case was brought as part of a districtwide initiative to combat the nationwide epidemic regarding the use and distribution of heroin, Smith said. Led by the U.S. attorney's office, the heroin initiative targets heroin traffickers operating in the Middle District of Pennsylvania and is part of a coordinated effort among federal, state and local law enforcement agencies.