HARRISBURG, DAUPHIN CO. (WOLF) — An Arizona man who prosecutors say helped funnel fentanyl into northeastern Pennsylvania and other states has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison.
U.S. District Judge Malachy E. Mannion on Wednesday ordered Shane Burns, 26, of Scottsdale, to serve 168 months behind bars, followed by five years of supervised release. Burns previously pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl.
Federal prosecutors said Burns was one of 15 people charged in February 2023 after investigators uncovered a trafficking network responsible for moving more than 400 grams of fentanyl into the region. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Burns acted as the ringleader, forging connections with Mexican cartels to obtain fentanyl pills and coordinating their distribution in Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, and other communities in the area, as well as in multiple states…