In Midland today, a federal judge sentenced 27-year-old Ryan David Green to 35 years in federal prison on firearm and drug trafficking charges in connection with the murder of two Midland residents in July 2015, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash, Midland Police Chief Seth Herman and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Kyle Williamson, El Paso Division.
In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Judge David Counts ordered that Green be placed on supervised release for a period of five years after completing his prison term.
On July 10, 2019, Green pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana; one count of discharging a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime; and, one count of murder resulting from the discharge of a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime.
By pleading guilty, Green admitted that on July 17, 2015, he and his co-defendants-Sean Blake Jobe and Trace Ryan Roland-conspired to murder a Midland man because of drug money the man owed to Roland.
According to court records, in the early morning hours of July 17, 2015, Green and Jobe went to a home in Midland and shot and killed the man and his girlfriend, who were living in a shed behind the home. Then they set fire to the shed and burned the victims beyond recognition.
Earlier this year, both Jobe and Roland pleaded guilty to the same three federal charges. Sentencing for Jobe is scheduled for tomorrow at 9:00am before Judge Counts in Midland. On September 5, 2019, Judge Counts sentenced Roland to 35 years in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release.
The Midland Police Department and the DEA investigated this case. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Brandi Young and Glenn Harwood are prosecuting this case on behalf of the government.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
