FORT WORTH, Texas - Yesterday, Miguel Bonilla, 36, of Dallas, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor to 360 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in October 2015 to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
According to the factual resume filed in the case, since approximately 2014, Bonilla and another co-conspirator supplied multi-ounce quantities of methamphetamine on consignment to other co-conspirators, who in turn, distributed the methamphetamine to various customers in the Fort Worth and North Richland Hills, Texas areas, returning to Bonilla and the co-conspirator for additional methamphetamine.
Other defendants in the case have also received lengthy federal prison sentences for their roles in the methamphetamine distribution conspiracy. Samuel Hebert was sentenced to 240 months, Joseph Sutton was sentenced to 140 months, and Steven Villegas was sentenced to 120 months. All three are age 32 and from the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
The Drug Enforcement Administration, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and the Texas Department of Public Safety investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Shawn Smith was in charge of the prosecution.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
