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Date: 09-07-2023
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Case Number: 4:22-cr-00400
Judge: Gregory K. Frizzell
Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office in Tulsa
Defendant's Attorney: William Lunn for Julio Vasquez Gonzalez
Description: Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of meth.
Julio Barcenas Velazquez, 39, a Mexican National, and Stephanie Lynn Mudgett, 37, a Muskogee Nation citizen, both of Bristow have pleaded guilty to distribution of meth.
“These defendants ran their operation from the small town of Bristow, distributing poison to that community and ours, and thinking they could hide from the law,” said U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. “I want to thank our local law enforcement partners for tracking these operations and bringing them for prosecution.”
The defendants, working together, sought to traffic large quantities of meth and fentanyl pills in Creek County, Oklahoma. In their plea agreements both defendants admitted to knowingly and intentionally distributing meth. In addition, Velazquez will forfeit his interest in a parcel of property as well as money relating to drug transactions.
Velazquez and Mudgett have yet to be scheduled for sentencing. At sentencing they both face a maximum penalty of 40 years in federal prison. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
Both defendants have been and will remain in the custody of the U.S. Marshal Service pending sentencing.
The Muscogee Lighthorse Police, Creek County Sheriff’s Office, Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics, and Drug Enforcement Administration conducted the investigation.
Assistant U.S. Attorney George Jiang is prosecuting the case.
The prosecution is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) investigation. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs, and transnational criminal organizations that threaten the United States by using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach that leverages the strengths of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies against criminal networks.
21 USC 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C): Distribution of Fentanyl
(1-2)
21 USC 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C): Distribution of Fentanyl; Forfeiture Allegation: 18 USC 924(d), 21 USC 853 and 28 USC 2461(c): Drug and Firearms Forfeiture
(1s-2s)
21 USC 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B)(viii): Distribution of Methamphetamine
(3)
21 USC 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B)(viii) and 18 USC 2: Distribution of Methamphetamine18 USC 922(g)(5)(A) and 924(a)(8): Possession of a Firearm by an Alien Illegally in the United States; Forfeiture Allegation: 18 USC 924(d), 21 USC 853 and 28 USC 2461(c): Drug and Firearms Forfeiture
(3s)
21 USC 846, 841(b)(1)(A)(viii) and 841(b)(1)(C): Drug Conspiracy18 USC 922(g)(5)(A) and 924(a)(8): Possession of a Firearm by an Alien Illegally in the United States; Forfeiture Allegation: 18 USC 924(d), 21 USC 853 and 28 USC 2461(c): Drug and Firearms Forfeiture
(4s)
21 USC 846 and 841(b)(1)(B)(viii): Drug Conspiracy18 USC 922(g)(5)(A) and 924(a)(8): Possession of a Firearm by an Alien Illegally in the United States; Forfeiture Allegation: 18 USC 924(d), 21 USC 853 and 28 USC 2461(c): Drug and Firearms Forfeiture
(6s)
21 USC 846 and 841(b)(1)(C): Drug Conspiracy18 USC 922(g)(5)(A) and 924(a)(8): Possession of a Firearm by an Alien Illegally in the United States; Forfeiture Allegation: 18 USC 924(d), 21 USC 853 and 28 USC 2461(c): Drug and Firearms Forfeiture
(7s-8s)
8 USC 1253(a)(1)(A): Failure of an Alien Illegally in the United States to Depart Pursuant to an Order of Removal; Forfeiture Allegation: 18 USC 924(d), 21 USC 853 and 28 USC 2461(c): Drug and Firearms Forfeiture
(9s)
18 USC 922(g)(5)(A) and 924(a)(8): Possession of a Firearm by an Alien Illegally in the United States; Forfeiture Allegation: 18 USC 924(d), 21 USC 853 and 28 USC 2461(c): Drug and Firearms Forfeiture
(10s-11s)
21 USC 856(a)(1) and 856(b): Maintaining a Drug-Involved Premises; Forfeiture Allegation: 18 USC 924(d), 21 USC 853 and 28 USC 2461(c): Drug and Firearms Forfeiture
(12s)
Outcome: Defendants elected to plead guilty.
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