A local man who was sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison for trafficking oxycodone after agents found nearly 2,000 oxy pills, a loaded gun and a machete in his vehicle is on President Biden’s clemency list.

Revere man Manuele Scata (federal prison #96802-038) is one of the nearly 1,500 people whose federal sentences were commuted by Biden on Thursday.

The 52-year-old man in 2018 had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone, possession with intent to distribute oxycodone, and use of a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking offense.

U.S. District Court Judge George A. O’Toole Jr. had sentenced Scata back then to eight years and six months in prison and three years of supervised release. Scata’s father Mario was sentenced to three years in prison and two years of supervised release.

Manuele’s release date was set for June 27, 2025.

According to the feds, agents in 2014 and 2015 had spotted foot and vehicle traffic consistent with street-level drug sales coming and going from the Scata home and from Manuele’s business, D & M Auto Doctor, on Bennington Street in East Boston.

While investigating the Scatas’ oxycodone trafficking, Scatas’ pill supplier, Ilir Bregu, was identified through surveillance and phone analysis.

After the feds obtained a search warrant to track the precise location of Bregu’s phone, the feds determined that Bregu every two-to-three weeks drove his vehicle from Staten Island to Revere or East Boston, met with one or both of the Scatas, and then returned to Staten Island.

On July 16, 2015, a series of search warrants were executed after the feds tracked Bregu’s phone from Staten Island to East Boston — and then saw Bregu meet with Mario and Manuele Scata at D & M Auto Doctor.

During the searches, the feds found a hidden compartment in Bregu’s vehicle, which contained $37,800.

Also, about 1,900 oxycodone pills, a loaded firearm, and a machete were recovered from Manuele Scata’s vehicle — and oxycodone pills, a hand-written drug ledger, and nearly $12,000 were recovered from the Scatas’ home.

Bregu was sentenced to six years in prison and three years of supervised release after being convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute oxycodone.

Biden on Thursday commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 people who are “serving long prison sentences – many of whom would receive lower sentences if charged under today’s laws, policies, and practices,” the president said in a statement.

“These commutation recipients, who were placed on home confinement during the COVID pandemic, have successfully reintegrated into their families and communities and have shown that they deserve a second chance,” Biden added.

The outgoing president also pardoned 39 people who have “shown successful rehabilitation and have shown commitment to making their communities stronger and safer.”