Man Gets Decade In Prison For Drug Trafficking Spanning PA, NJ

ABINGTON, PA — A Montgomery County man will be spending up to a decade in prison in connection with a drug trafficking case that spanned Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Sabree Burke, 33, of the Huntingdon Valley section of Abington Township, was sent to prison by Montgomery County Common Pleas Court Judge Thomas C. Branca recently, the punishment coming months after the defendant pleaded guilty to drug possession charges in connection with a multi-state heroin trafficking investigation.

Patch reported on the case against Burke back in late 2019.

At the time, Montgomery County prosecutors said that Burke was one of three key leaders of a major heroin trafficking ring that operated around southeastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Burke, who was 30 years old at the time of his arrest, was named the ringleader of the drug trafficking operation.

Records from Montgomery County Common Pleas Court show that Burke pleaded guilty late last year to felony drug and gun charges.

Branca recently gave Burke between 10 and 20 years behind bars for his crimes, according to court records.

Patch previously reported that investigators armed with a search warrant found 6,500 packets of heroin inside Burke's Abington home during a search back in November 2019, along with a handgun that had an altered serial number.

The street value of the drugs reportedly totaled more than $100,000.

Court records show that Burke had been confined to the Montgomery County Correctional Facility since the time of his arrest in lieu of posting $500,000 bail.

In addition to the prison sentence, the judge also ordered that Burke not be eligible for short sentence parole or state drug treatment.

Patch previously reported that Burke's drug trafficking ring operated primarily in Montgomery and Bucks Counties in Pennsylvania as well as parts of central New Jersey.