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Date: 11-18-2020
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Case Number: 1:19-cr-00012-HAB-SLC
Judge: Holly A Brady
Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana (Allen County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney’s Office, Fort Wayne, Indiana
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Description: Fort Wayne, Indiana drug distribution criminal defense lawyer represented Hector I. Mendez, age 29, who was charged with distributing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
According to documents presented in this case, on October 19, 2018, Mendez distributed more than 50 grams of methamphetamine, and from August through October of 2018, Mendez distributed methamphetamine on multiple other occasions.
“Narcotics trafficking hurts the citizens of Fort Wayne,” said ATF Special Agent in Charge Kristen de Tineo of the Chicago Field Division. “Law enforcement partnerships such as this local, state and federal effort will continue to investigate narcotics trafficking and violent crime plaguing our communities”
The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), with the assistance of the Indiana State Police, the Fort Wayne Police Department, and the Mission (Texas) Police Department. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Anthony W. Geller.
21:841(a)(1); DISTRIBUTION OF A SCHEDULE II CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, METHAMPHETAMINE, and FORFEITURE
Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to 235 months' in prison.
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