Date: 11-02-2023

Case Style:

United States of America v. Juan Manuel Teran Jr., a/k/a El Blunt

Case Number: 7:23-CR-278

Judge: Randy Crane

Court: The United States Court for the Southern District of Texas (Hidalgo County)

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

Defendant's Attorney:

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Description:

McAllen, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant felon possession of a firearm.

Chief U.S. District Judge Randy Crane has ordered Juan Teran to serve 57 months in federal prison to be immediately followed by three years of supervised release. At the hearing, the court heard additional information about Teran’s history of robbery, repeated assaults on women and felony drug possession. In imposing the sentence, Judge Crane adopted findings that Teran was trafficking in narcotics at the time that he possessed the firearms.

In January, law enforcement responded to a domestic violence call at a residence in McAllen. The incident resulted in an arrest warrant for Terran for assault on a pregnant person.

Upon his arrest, authorities found Terran to be in possession of meth, cocaine, marijuana, Alprazolam, Clonazepam and heroin. He also had two firearms.

As a convicted felon, he is prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition per federal law.

Teran was prosecuted as part of a joint Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and U.S. Attorney’s Office initiative known as Operation: Knock Down. It started in 2022 and focuses federal resources on armed and violent offenders in the Rio Grande Valley.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert L. Guerra Jr. prosecuted the case.

Outcome:

Defendant was found guilty and Judge Randy Crane sentenced to 57 months in federal prison to be immediately followed by three years of supervised release

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