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Luzerne County man sentenced for drug trafficking

By Catherine Hope,

16 days ago

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man was sentenced to over 10 years imprisonment for fentanyl and cocaine trafficking.

Dexter Yard, 36, of Wilkes-Barre, was sentenced on Thursday to 10 years and 10 months imprisonment on the charge of distribution of fentanyl and cocaine.

According to United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam, Yard previously pleaded guilty and admitted that on August 17, 2021, he distributed fentanyl and cocaine to another individual in Luzerne County.

The charge comes from a sting operation in which members of the Wilkes-Barre Police Department and the Pennsylvania State Police made a purchase of fentanyl and cocaine from Yard and then arrested him.

According to the report, a search of the vehicle Yard was driving resulted in the seizure of a fully loaded .38 caliber handgun, drug paraphernalia, and the money police used to purchase the drugs from Yard.

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