Source: Office of United States Attorneys
SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Robert M. Lutz, age 42, of Bradford County, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on January 31, 2025, to 132 months’ imprisonment by United States District Court Chief Judge Matthew W. Brann for distribution of a controlled substance, specifically, 50 grams and more of crystal methamphetamine.
According to Acting United States Attorney John C. Gurganus, beginning sometime in September of 2019 and continuing through February of 2020, Lutz, along with two indicted co-conspirators, engaged in a drug distribution conspiracy that involved the importation and distribution of methamphetamine in Bradford, Columbia, and Lackawanna counties. On at least two occasions, the Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted controlled purchases of crystal methamphetamine from Lutz in exchange for approximately $4,000 dollars. Laboratory testing of that methamphetamine revealed that it was between 93 and 96 percent pure.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Assistant U.S. Attorney Luisa Honora Berti is prosecuting the case.
The maximum penalty under federal law for this offense is a term of life imprisonment, a term of supervised release following imprisonment, and a fine. A sentence following a finding of guilt is imposed by the Judge after consideration of the applicable federal sentencing statutes and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.
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