Welcome
To the United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
This office is one of 94 United States Attorney's Offices throughout the country. The staff is a highly qualified and experienced group of men and women dedicated to public service and the high standards, as well as the program goals, of the United States Department of Justice.
This website provides information about the Middle District, the organization, programs, and current major activities. It also contains press releases, contact information and links to other information sources.
I hope that you will find the website informative and that you will visit it frequently.
Peter J. Smith
United States Attorney
October 16, 2012
-To view a copy of the Guilty Plea Memorandum click here
-To view a copy of the Factual Basis for the Guilty Plea click here
Indictment unsealed charging two men with arson related to fire at Tobyhanna restaurant
Lackawanna County man sentenced to six years in prison for attempting to entice a minor for sex
October 12, 2012
Man sentenced to life imprisonment for the killing of a fellow inmate at federal prison
October 11, 2012
Luzerne County man pleads guilty to federal heroin trafficking charges
Schuylkill County man sentenced to prison for drug trafficking
Virginia man pleads guilty to producing child pornography
Towanda man sentenced to 87 months on drug and firearm charges
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