BOISE - Robert Carlos Morales, 41, of Nampa, Idaho, was sentenced last week for distribution of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge sentenced Morales to140 months in prison. The Court also ordered that upon completion of his sentence, Morales serve four years of supervised release.
According to evidence presented in court, on March 14, 2017, Morales and co-defendant Anna Marie Delagarza distributed 53 grams of pure methamphetamine to an individual in Nampa, Idaho. On July 25, 2017, officers arrested Morales and discovered an additional 51 grams of methamphetamine in his vehicle. At the time these events occurred, Morales had absconded from felony supervised release on a previous federal drug trafficking case.
On Jan. 24, 2018, Anna Marie Delagarza pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. On April 17, 2018, Judge Lodge sentenced Delagarza to 72 months in prison.
This case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, Ada County Sheriff’s Office, the U.S. Marshals Service, and the Nampa Police Department.
This case was prosecuted by the Special Assistant U.S. Attorney hired by the Ada County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, with funds provided by the Oregon-Idaho High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA). The HIDTA program is a national drug-prohibition enforcement program run by the United States Office of National Drug Control Policy. The Oregon-Idaho HIDTA is a collaboration of local law enforcement drug task forces and prosecuting agencies dedicated to addressing regional drug trafficking organizations. Idaho uses HIDTA funds to investigate and prosecute drug trafficking organizations that operate in and around Ada, Canyon, and Bannock counties.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
