SCRANTON — This is an official press release from the U.S. Department of Justice (USAO - Pennsylvania, Middle), published as received.

SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Delvin Hutchinson, age 33, of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on January 31, 2025, to 60 months’ imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani for making false statements in connection with the acquisition and attempted acquisition of firearms.  On September 3, 2024, a federal jury in Scranton convicted Hutchinson of all three counts of an indictment following a four-day trial.   

According to Acting United States Attorney John C. Gurganus, in March of 2019, Hutchinson straw purchased a total of seven firearms for his friend, a person prohibited from purchasing or possessing firearms.  The prohibited person submitted online orders for firearms, which Hutchinson would pick up in exchange for a cash payment. There was a pending online order for two more firearms when Hutchinson was initially questioned by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Agents concerning the multiple handgun purchases.  All of the firearms purchased by Hutchinson were cheap, low-quality firearms – not suitable for collection or self-protection, but commonly associated with criminal activity. 

The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).  Assistant U.S. Attorneys Robert J. O’Hara and Sarah R. Lloyd prosecuted 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.           

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