A man was sentenced May 5, 2017, to five years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
Marcus Cervantes Martinez, 35, from Worthington, MN received the prison term after a guilty plea on Feb. 2, 2017, to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
At his guilty plea hearing, Cervantes Martinez admitted his involvement in a conspiracy that distributed at least 50 grams of mixed methamphetamine which contained at least 5 grams of actual (pure) methamphetamine from 2015 through September 2016 in Minnesota and Iowa. Cervantes Martinez also admitted to distributing ¼ pound of mixed methamphetamine to an individual cooperating with law enforcement in August 2016.
Cervantes-Martinez was sentenced in Sioux City by United States District Court Chief Judge Leonard T. Strand. Cervantes Martinez was sentenced to 60 months’ imprisonment. A special assessment of $100 was imposed. He must also serve a 4-year term of supervised release after the prison term. Cervantes Martinez is being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until he can be transported to a federal prison.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Shawn S. Wehde and was investigated as part of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) program of the United States Department of Justice through a cooperative effort of the Drug Enforcement Administration; Iowa Department of Narcotics Enforcement; Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension; South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation; Buffalo Ridge Task Force; and Internal Revenue Service.
Court file information at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl.
The case file number is 17-4084. Follow us on Twitter @USAO_NDIA.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
