SCRANTON - A Monroe County man was sentenced to five and a half years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for possessing a gun in connection with a drug offense.

Donell Abraham, 24, of Stroudsburg, pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking felony and illegally possessing the gun as a convicted felon.  Abraham was indicted by a federal grand jury in November 2010, as a result of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Pennsylvania State Police, and the Stroud Area Regional Police Department.