ALBUQUERQUE - Stephanie Murray, 30, of Loving, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 41 months in prison for her conviction on narcotics trafficking charges arising out of the sale of methamphetamine to an undercover law enforcement agent. Murray will be on supervised release for three years after completing her prison sentence.
Murray and her co-defendants, Jimmy Myers, 24, of Lockhart, Texas, and Jesus Sanchez, 31, of Carlsbad, N.M., were charged with methamphetamine trafficking offenses in an indictment filed on Dec. 13, 2017. The three-count indictment charged Murray, Myers and Sanchez with participating in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy and distributing methamphetamine on April 28, 2017. It also charged Myers with distributing methamphetamine on May 18, 2017. According to the indictment, the defendants committed the crimes in Eddy County, N.M.
On June 7, 2018, Murray pled guilty to conspiracy and distributing methamphetamine. In entering the guilty plea, Murray admitted that on April 28, 2017, she provided methamphetamine to an individual who then distributed the methamphetamine to an undercover law enforcement agent.
Myers previously entered a guilty plea on May 8, 2018, and faces a mandatory minimum penalty of five years and a maximum of 40 years in federal prison at sentencing. Myers is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 10, 2018. Sanchez entered a guilty plea on June 12, 2018, and faces a maximum of 30 years in federal prison at sentencing. Sanchez remains in custody pending a sentencing hearing, which has yet to be scheduled.
This case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations and the New Mexico State Police. Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Joni Autrey of the U.S. Attorney’s Las Cruces Branch Office is prosecuting the case.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
