Huntingdon County Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Drug Trafficking

HARRISBURG –The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Scott Douglas Moyer, age 49, of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on October 7, 2024, to 10 years in prison by United States District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner for drug offenses.

According to United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam, Moyer was sentenced for trafficking methamphetamine from his home between October 2020 and February 2021. Previously, Moyer entered a guilty plea to drug trafficking charges where he admitted that on multiple occasions he distributed methamphetamine, which led police to search his Union Township home on February 1, 2021.  Police found close to kilogram of methamphetamine and 17 firearms at his home.

When imposing sentence, Judge Conner noted the significant amount of drugs distributed and seized, as well as the presence of weapons at his home. 

The case was investigated by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Pennsylvania State Police. Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael A. Consiglio is prosecuting the case.

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. On May 26, 2021, the Department launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results.

This case was also brought as part of a district wide initiative to combat the nationwide epidemic regarding the use and distribution of heroin.  Led by the United States Attorney’s Office, the Heroin Initiative targets heroin traffickers operating in the Middle District of Pennsylvania and is part of a coordinated effort among federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who commit heroin related offenses.

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