Drug Trafficker Sentenced In Federal Court

United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Edison Norberto Sanchez, 39, of Orlando, Florida, was sentenced this morning in federal court for his participation in a scheme to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Sanchez pled guilty to the conspiracy count in September of 2014. Court documents reflect that Sanchez was arrested in Mobile during an investigation initiated by the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office. The investigation involved controlled buys of methamphetamine from Sanchez’s co-defendant Edgar Ivan Contreras, who was also known as “Scooby.” Searches of vehicles and residences resulted in the seizure of additional amount of methamphetamine and documents relevant to the drug trafficking scheme.

United States District Court Judge William H. Steele imposed a sentence of 57 months this morning at Sanchez’s sentencing hearing. That sentence was at the low end of the advisory guideline range applicable in Sanchez’s case. The judge also ordered that Sanchez would serve a five-year term of supervised release when he completes his prison sentence, during which he will be monitored for drug use. Sanchez was ordered to pay a mandatory $100 special assessment, but the judge did not impose a fine.

The case was investigated by the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office and the Department of Homeland Security. It was prosecuted in the United States Attorney’s Office by Assistant United States Attorney Gloria A. Bedwell.