The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Ronald McKenna, 41, of Monroe County, was sentenced on June 30 to 36 months’ imprisonment by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion for drug trafficking and firearms charges.

According to acting U.S. Attorney Bruce D. Brandler, McKenna pleaded guilty to distributing between 80 and 100 grams of heroin (which is the equivalent of 3,200 to 4,000 individual doses) and accepting a firearm in exchange for heroin.

The case was investigated by the FBI and the Stroud Area Regional Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Sean A. Camoni prosecuted the case.

This case was brought as part of a district wide initiative to combat the nationwide epidemic regarding the use and distribution of heroin.