The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a third woman from Carbon County was sentenced Tuesday by Senior U.S. District Judge Edwin M. Kosik to serve 21 months in prison on the charge of conspiracy to distribute cocaine.

According to U.S. Attorney Peter J. Smith, Ceres Lozada, 27, of Nesquehoning, previously admitted to participating in a conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine and powder cocaine in the Carbon County area between January 2010 and December 2012.In addition to the prison term, Kosik also ordered that Lozada be supervised by a probation officer for three years following her prison sentence.Previously, Bonnie Vosburgh, 22, of Nesquehoning, was sentenced to 60 months in prison by Kosik, while Victoria Argott, 34, of Lansford, was sentenced to 40 months in prison. Vosburgh and Argott entered guilty pleas and admitted to participating in the same cocaine trafficking conspiracy.The case resulted from an investigation conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Nesquehoning and Lansford police departments.The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert J. O'Hara.