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Date: 05-16-2023

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United States of America v. Ramiro Velasco, Jr.

Case Number: 4:21-cr-00342

Judge: Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers

Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of California (Alameda County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office in Oakland

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Description: Oakland, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with distribution of more than 50 grams of methamphetamine.

Ramiro Velasco, Jr., age 33, a resident of San Jose, pleaded guilty on January 12, 2023. According to his plea agreement, Velasco attended a meeting in October 2020 of the San Jose Grande (SJG). SJG is a Norteño street gang formed in San Jose in the 1990s and comprised of dozens of members operating in San Jose and within custodial facilities, according to the government’s sentencing memorandum.

Velasco described in his plea agreement that he discussed the sale of crystal methamphetamine with a potential buyer who also attended the SJG meeting. Velasco quoted a sales price of approximately $3,000 for a pound, which the buyer found acceptable. Over the next several days, Velasco made phone calls and sent text messages to broker the sale of methamphetamine to the buyer. Once he arranged the deal with a source of supply of the methamphetamine, Velasco advised the buyer, “Don’t trip he is good people, he is my peoples.” The sale that Velasco brokered occurred October 30, 2020, when the source of supply sold almost two pounds of nearly pure methamphetamine to the buyer for $3,200, according to the government’s sentencing memorandum.

In addition to the 84 months imprisonment, U.S. District Judge Gonzalez Rogers ordered Velasco to serve four years of supervision following his release from prison. Velasco was in custody at the sentencing hearing and began serving his sentence immediately.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Daniel N. Kassabian and Christoffer Lee, with the assistance of Nina Burney and Veronica Hernandez. The prosecution is the result of an investigation by the FBI and the Santa Clara County Violent Gang Task Force, with the assistance of the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office, the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office, and the San Jose Police Department.

Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to 84 months in prison.

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