United States of America v. Dimitris Smith, Jr.

Scranton, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributiong controlled substances and distributing fentanyl resulting in death.

Reported by Kent Morlan

Dimitris Smith, Jr., age 48, of Whitehall, Pennsylvania, distributed a deadly dose of fentanyl on December 11, 2023, in East Stroudsburg, Monroe County. A 38 year old female died after ingesting the fentanyl. Between March 14, 2024, and April 1, 2024, Smith also distributed fentanyl and cocaine to an undercover law enforcement officer. During this time period Smith was on federal supervised release from a prior drug trafficking conviction. On January 26, 2026, Senior United States Judge Robert D. Mariani sentenced Smith to 2 years imprisonment, to be served consecutive to the sentence on this case, for the supervised release violation. This is Smith’s third federal drug trafficking conviction.

The Defendant was found guilty and was committed to the custody of the Bureau of Prisons for a term of life on count 1 and to the custody of the Bureau of Prisons for a term of 30 months each on Counts 2-4 and for a term of 46 months on Count 5, all to run concurrently.