A Reading man, formerly of Palmerton, was sentenced to 70 months in prison for trafficking crystal methamphetamine.

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania said Gilbert Concepcion, 44, was sentenced last week to 41 months of imprisonment by United States District Judge Robert D. Mariani.

Concepcion previously pleaded guilty to conspiring to traffic crystal methamphetamine.

According to United States Attorney John C. Gurganus, Concepcion admitted to distributing about 2.5 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine with his co-conspirators, between December 2014 and August 2015.

The crystal methamphetamine was determined by laboratory analysis to qualify as high purity “Ice,” or actual methamphetamine.

In addition to Concepcion, Donald Fritz Jr., formerly of Palmerton, was convicted of crystal methamphetamine trafficking and firearms offenses during the course of this investigation.

Fritz was sentenced to 100 months in prison.

The case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations and the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General. Assistant U.S. Attorney Phillip J. Caraballo prosecuted the case.