PHILADELPHIA — This is an official press release from the U.S. Department of Justice (Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)), published as received.
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Deon Hanton, 35, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 15 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release by United States District Judge Kai N. Scott for drug and gun offenses.
The defendant was charged by indictment in December 2024 with possession with the intent to distribute marijuana, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and possession of a firearm by a felon.
In June of this year, he was convicted on all counts at trial.
As proven at trial, after serving prison sentences following state convictions for drug and other crimes — and while still on state parole — Hanton began trafficking significant amounts of marijuana, arming himself with a firearm that he was not permitted to possess.
This case was investigated by the FBI and the Philadelphia Police Department and prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Branwen McNabb O’Donnell and Special Assistant United States Attorney Shannon Zabel.
