Kingston Woman Sentenced To 72 Months’ Imprisonment For Drug Trafficking And Firearms Offenses

11/27/2019

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on November 25, 2019, Shavonne Saxon, age 32, of Kingston, Pennsylvania, received a sentence of 72 months’ imprisonment and three years of supervised release, by United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion, for distributing crack cocaine, and for possessing a firearm in furtherance of her drug trafficking.

According to United States Attorney David J. Freed, Saxon admitted to working as a drug dealer in 2016 and 2017, and to distributing and possessing with intent to distribute at least 60 grams of crack cocaine and at least 165 grams of cocaine. Saxon also admitted to possessing a firearm in furtherance of her trafficking activities, and the United States seized from her and forfeited a Ruger LCP .380.

Saxon was one of 16 individuals charged in 2017 with various drug trafficking and firearms offenses. All of the defendants have pleaded guilty, with 13 others having already been sentenced:

Kassandra Martin of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 60 months’ imprisonment;
Joshua Lenchick of Luzerne, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 60 months’ imprisonment;
Kristyna Shotwell of Plymouth, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 12 months and one day of imprisonment;
Tanay Jones of Bronx, New York, was sentenced to a time served sentence of 19 days’ imprisonment;
William Waring of Bronx, New York, was sentenced to 60 months’ imprisonment;
John Maybank of Bronx, New York, was sentenced to 53 months’ imprisonment;
Siobhan Daniels, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 30 months’ imprisonment;
Luis Nevarez, of Bronx, New York, was sentenced to 60 months’ imprisonment;
Adonis Smith, of New London, Connecticut, was sentenced to 60 months’ imprisonment;
Cara Dubaskas, of Plymouth, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to a time served sentence of 7 months;
Chad Eckrote, of Plymouth, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 3 years of probation;
Adam Gottstein, of Kingston, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 78 months’ imprisonment; and
Amanda Romano, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 84 months’ imprisonment.