BIRMINGHAM -- A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted a Texas man in connection with the illegal distribution of methamphetamine in Greene County, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and Drug Enforcement Administration Assistant Special Agent in Charge Clay A. Morris.
A two-count indictment filed in U.S. District Court charges ISACC PINEDO, 22, with conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine in Greene County between May 2015 and June 24, 2015. It also charges Pinedo with possessing with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of the illegal drug in Greene County on June 24.
The maximum penalty for both the conspiracy and the possession with intent to distribute charge is life in prison and a $10 million fine.
DEA and the 17th Judicial Circuit Drug Task Force investigated the case, which Assistant U.S. Attorney John B. Felton is prosecuting.
An indictment contains only charges. A defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
