The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jeremy Edward Johnson, 31, of Stroudsburg, was sentenced to 300 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion.

He was conviction for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin and fentanyl, resulting in the death of a person.

According to United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam, Johnson and Susan Melissa Nickas, 47, were engaged in a conspiracy to obtain and distribute controlled substances, heroin and fentanyl, for the time beginning January 2020 through March 2021, which resulted in a death.

Both defendants were also found guilty of aiding and abetting each other in the December 10, 2020, distribution of heroin and fentanyl, resulting in that death.

Prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney’s Office presented the testimony of multiple witnesses during trial, including Dr. Michael Coyer, a forensic toxicologist, who said that death resulted from the use of heroin and fentanyl; and a PSP Forensic Chemist, who analyzed drugs found at the scene of the death.

Additional testimony was provided by officers and detectives from the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office; the Pennsylvania State Police; the Pocono Township Police Department, the FBI – Scranton Office; and an FBI special agent from the Pittsburgh Office.

Nickas is currently scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 3.

The charges stem from a joint investigation involving the FBI in Scranton, the Pennsylvania State Police, and the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office. Assistant United States Attorneys Michelle Olshefski and Sean Camoni prosecuted the case.