Acting United States Attorney, Robert C. Stuart, announced that Jose Luis Sandoval, 47, was sentenced on July 24, 2017, to 147 months in prison by the Honorable Laurie Smith Camp, United States District Judge. Sandoval had previously pled guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine and Possession of a Firearm in Relation to a Drug Trafficking Crime. Sandoval’s sentence included a consecutive 5 year term of imprisonment because he possessed a firearm while trafficking methamphetamine.
During the course of this investigation, law enforcement utilized a cooperating witness who made several multiple ounce purchases of methamphetamine from Sandoval inside of his South Sioux City, NE residence. Thereafter on May 9, 2016, law enforcement executed a search warrant on Sandoval’s residence and recovered four firearms, a security monitor, a flak jacket, drug distribution paraphernalia, and quantities of methamphetamine.
This case was the result of an investigation by the South Sioux City Police Department and DEA Tri-State Drug Task Force.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
