The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a 32-year-old Stroudsburg man was sentenced to 47 months in prison yesterday by Senior U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley for distributing crack cocaine in the Monroe County area during a seven-month time period.

According to United States Attorney Peter Smith, the defendant, Dominic Darby, previously pleaded guilty to distributing and possessing with intent to distribute crack cocaine from October 2013 to April 30, 2014.

Darby was charged in a criminal Information filed by the United States Attorney on July 17, 2014, following an investigation by special agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Pennsylvania State Police.

Darby must also serve three years on supervised release following his prison sentence, and pay a $100 special assessment.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Francis P. Sempa.