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Northern District of Texas

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ELLIS COUNTY MAN SENTENCED TO MORE THAN EIGHT YEARS
IN FEDERAL PRISON, WITHOUT PAROLE,
ON METHAMPHETAMINE AND FIREARM CONVICTIONS

Today, in federal court in Dallas, Jose Alfredo Robles was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Jerry Buchmeyer to 97months in prison, announced U.S. Attorney Richard B. Roper of the Northern District of Texas. Robles, 36, pled guilty in November to one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. He was ordered to surrender to the Bureau of Prisons on May 8, 2007 to begin serving his sentence.

According to documents filed in Court, on March 8, 2006, investigators with the Ellis County Sheriff’s Department received information about drug trafficking occurring at Roble’s residence on Ellis Street in Waxahachie, Texas. Investigators went to the residence, met Robles and told him that they had received complaints of drug sales occurring at his home. He denied it and said that he and his wife were the only ones residing in the house. He gave investigators permission to search his home, indicating he had nothing to hide.

As investigators began to search a spare room adjacent to the living room, Robles said that he had methamphetamine and cocaine in there. Investigators found a black leather bag containing baggies of cocaine and methamphetamine as well as other drug distribution paraphernalia. Investigators also found a set of digital scales nearby and more cocaine in the battery compartment of a radio. After waiving his rights, Robles admitted that he sold drugs to “a lot of people.” He also told them that he had two pistols in the desk where the drugs were found and investigators found a loaded .40 caliber semi-automatic pistol and an unloaded 9 millimeter pistol. Investigators also seized nearly $1000 in U.S. currency from Robles because they believed the money was the proceeds of illegal drug sales.

U.S. Attorney Roper praised the investigative efforts of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Ellis County Sheriff’s Office. This case is part of the Project Safe Neighborhood initiative, a federal program aimed toward the aggressive prosecution of gun crimes and was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Gary Tromblay.

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