Posted on 09/12/2020 2:06:14 PM PDT by ransomnote
DENVER – United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn announced that Joseph Davis of Montrose, Colorado was sentenced to serve 151 months (over 12 years) in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. The sentence was pronounced by U.S. District Court Judge Christine M. Arguello earlier this week. The Denver Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration joined in today’s announcement.
According to court documents, including the stipulated facts contained in the defendant’s plea agreement, as well as facts presented at sentencing, Davis was a mid-level dealer of methamphetamine in Montrose, Colorado, receiving and distributing pounds of methamphetamine for profit. He began this criminal activity shortly after being released on parole in May 2019, after serving a portion of a 10 year state prison sentence for previous drug distribution. Soon after being released on parole in 2019, Davis began distributing methamphetamine from his Montrose residence, along with his wife and co-defendant, Naomi Vaughn. Vaughn is separately scheduled to be sentenced on November 2, 2020. Cases against eleven additional alleged co-conspirators are pending.
“Significant drug prosecutions like this are a high priority for our office, particularly when it involves a smaller community,” said U.S. Attorney Jason Dunn. “The length of this sentence - more than twelve years - demonstrates just how seriously we take this criminal activity. We commend our law enforcement partners, including the DEA, the Montrose County Sheriff’s Office, and the Montrose County Police Department for their excellent work.”
“This sentencing sends a clear message that those who seek to sell this poison in our community will be caught and dealt with severely,” said DEA Special Agent in Charge Deanne Reuter. “The DEA and our law enforcement partners across the state are committed to eradicating the illegal sale and distribution of methamphetamine and other hard drugs plaguing our communities.”
A copy of this press release is located on the website of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado. Related court documents can be found on PACER by searching for Case Number 19-cr-535. This matter is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Zachary Phillips.
Related press releases can be found here and here.
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great to see results.
the real war on drugs has begun.
Coup leaders? Antifa leaders? Lol... just joking around.
If the DEA busts enough of them, we’ll see less Antifa/BLM activity.
You can't tell me legalizing dope was a good idea.
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“You can’t tell me legalizing dope was a good idea.”
Legalizing dope was a good idea.
To “be a jury of their peers” they’d need to be pushing drugs. How do you pick a jury from stoned Coloradans?
You can’t tell me legalizing dope was a good idea.
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Far out
“Legalizing dope was a good idea”.
Our daily news now includes a lexicon of fentanyl, heroin, edibles, cocaine, overdoses, synthetics, ecstacy, pcp, and hosts of others that I’ll never know.
How many headlines of crashes, deaths, and pedophiles will it take? What has kept the pornography business in the news and in new laws—and to force the lowering of the age of consent?
Noblefree must be 50 years younger than me! Because I remember a great America, and can finally admire President Trump, who’s been alcohol- and drug-free.
Contrast Presidents “W”, Clinton, and Obama.
It’s your perception that none of those things existed before 2014 when legal marijuana sales began in 2 states?
But I'd never met a drug pusher before.
Like President Trump, my recreation had nothing to do with introducing psychoactive drugs into my mind and body.
Three aquaintances who did, were on oxygen—except that two are now dead!
You’re insane leroy. You think you’re smarter cause you’re always on pot, but holy crap to any sober person you’re a real POS.
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