Posted on 04/22/2025 5:13:52 PM PDT by KingofZion
An Oakland woman was sentenced to four years in federal prison for leading a drug trafficking service that supplied methamphetamine and other drugs to “students and young professionals,” officials for the U.S. attorney’s office said.
Natalie Marie Gonzalez, 31, pleaded guilty in September to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. She was indicted in October 2023 along with three co-defendants for her role in managing an “on-demand drug trafficking delivery service” around the Bay Area known as “The Shop,” officials said.
According to prosecutors, the delivery service had a menu of drugs for sale and required a $300 minimum for postal shipments and Bay Area delivery. Gonzalez paid delivery drivers and her co-defendants to deliver drugs to customers through Signal, an encrypted messaging app. Her co-defendants were not immediately identified.
Investigators discovered the inner workings of “The Shop” after an undercover agent solicited Gonzalez for multiple sales of methamphetamine pills that were delivered to the agent in a white Subaru Forester, under the guise of it being an “Uber” ride.
“Hop in for a short ‘Uber’ ride around the block,” Gonzalez messaged the agent in July 2023. “Get your order through the window like DoorDash — Or play with the pup outside the car to cover up a casual swap :).”
A search warrant at the group’s stash house in Menlo Park was executed on Sept. 13, 2023, agents seized almost a kilogram of fentanyl, seven kilograms of cocaine, ketamine and orange fake Adderall pills containing methamphetamine.
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You just can't make this stuff up.
Somebody should have told her Signal was not secure.
Lol.
For years children have been sent out with drug deliveries.
The exploiters know the kids won’t go to prison.
Adult delivery this time.
Hah! I was thinking of that video when I posted this. Thanks for linking.
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