BOISE, Idaho - Martin Adam Hernandez, 23, of Nampa, Idaho, pleaded guilty yesterday in United States District Court to conspiring to distribute methamphetamine.
According to the plea agreement, Hernandez admitted that in February 2014, he traveled with co-defendant Jason Martin to California in order to obtain methamphetamine. On Feb. 21, 2014, law enforcement agents stopped a vehicle driven by Jason Martin. During a search of the vehicle, agents located approximately two pounds of methamphetamine. Agents recovered evidence showing that Hernandez and Martin obtained the methamphetamine from California with the intent to distribute the methamphetamine in Idaho.
Hernandez is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 17, 2014, before Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill at the federal courthouse in Boise. Hernandez faces up to 20 years in prison, a maximum fine of $1 million, and at least three years of supervised release. Co-defendant Jason Martin is scheduled to enter a guilty plea to the same charge on July 1, 2014.
The case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Ada County Sheriff’s Office.
