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October 25, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Four FCI Gilmer Inmates Enter Pleas and are
Sentenced in Federal Court

 

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA — Four FCI Gilmer inmates entered pleas of guilty and were sentenced on October 23, 2012, in United States District Court in Clarksburg before Judge Irene M. Keeley.

United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced that:

JAYSON JONES, age 26, entered a plea of guilty to Possession of a Prohibited Object on December 27, 2011, when the staff at FCI Gilmer found four packages of marijuana hidden in mail sent to inmate JONES. JONES was sentenced to 4 months imprisonment to be served consecutively with his current 135-month sentence. This case was investigated by the Special Investigative Services Staff at FCI Gilmer and the United States Postal Inspection Service.

HECTOR BLAS, age 23, entered a plea of guilty to Possession of a Prohibited Object on April 24, 2012, when he was found in possession of heroin. BLAS was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment to be served consecutively with his current 240-month sentence.

GUSTAVO VASQUEZ-PRETO, age 48, entered a plea of guilty to Possession of a Prohibited Object on June 14, 2012, when he was found in possession of heroin. VASQUEZ- PRETO was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment to be served consecutively with his current
54-month sentence.

JAMES NEALY, age 29, entered a plea of guilty to Possession of a Prohibited Object on May 20, 2012, when he was found in possession of marijuana. NEALY was sentenced to 4 months imprisonment to be served consecutively with his current 222-month sentence.

These three cases were investigated by the Special Investigative Services Staff at FCI Gilmer.

These four cases were prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Brandon S. Flower.