Date: 08-26-2024

Case Style:

United States of America v. Jorge Rodriguez-Martinez

Case Number: 1:21-cr-00124

Judge: Steve C. Jones

Court: The United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (Fulton County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: The United States Attorney’s Office in Atlanta

Defendant's Attorney:

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Alanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess methamphetamine with the intent to distribute, and one count of possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute
Duluth Man Sentenced for Trafficking Methamphetamine

On October 7, 2020, a confidential source (CS) working with agents from the DEA, made multiple recorded phone calls to Jorge Rodriguez-Martinez to purchase several kilograms of methamphetamine. After the phone calls, Rodriguez-Martinez, who was being surveilled by federal law enforcement agents, travelled to a location in the metro-Atlanta area to meet with a drug supplier at a Dunwoody apartment complex. Rodriguez-Martinez traveled to the CS’s residence where he dropped off his truck containing multiple kilograms of methamphetamine, switched vehicles, then drove away.

The CS placed additional recorded phone calls to Rodriguez-Martinez, during which Rodriguez-Martinez confirmed that the drugs were in the truck and agreed to return to the CS’s residence to pick up the drugs. Rodriguez-Martinez next travelled to the CS’s residence, picked up the methamphetamine, and quickly departed. Shortly thereafter, the Georgia State Patrol stopped Rodriguez-Martinez’s vehicle and located approximately three kilograms of methamphetamine on the front passenger floorboard.

Jorge Rodriguez-Martinez, 56, of Duluth, Georgia, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Steve C. Jones on August 16, 2024, to 10 years in prison on each count, to be served concurrently, followed by four years of supervised release. Following a three-day trial, a federal jury convicted Rodriguez-Martinez on April 25, 2024, on one count of conspiracy to possess methamphetamine with the intent to distribute, and one count of possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute.

This case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Atlanta Carolinas High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force, with assistance from the Georgia State Patrol.

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney McClellon D. Cox, III, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Sandra E. Strippoli prosecuted the case. This case was previously prosecuted by Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Rachel S. Lyons.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Atlanta recommends parents and children learn about the dangers of drugs at the following web site: www.justthinktwice.gov.

Outcome:

Defendant was found guilty and sentenced to 10 years in prison on each count, to be served concurrently, followed by four years of supervised release

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