Crystal Methamphetamine Distributor Sentenced To Over Ten Years In Federal Prison

Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Aaron Moses (31, Odessa) to 10 years and 6 months in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, and for possession of cocaine and heroin with intent to distribute. Moses had pleaded guilty on September 22, 2020.

According to court documents, in October and November of 2018, Moses and a co-conspirator distributed over 830 grams of crystal methamphetamine in Pasco County during multiple transactions with a confidential source. Moses supplied the methamphetamine to the co-conspirator at prearranged meeting locations, who in turn, sold it to the confidential source.

Moses also sold cocaine and substances containing fentanyl and heroin to a confidential source in April of 2019. Upon executing a federal search warrant at Moses’s residence on April 22, 2019, investigators recovered powder cocaine, heroin, crack cocaine, MDMA pills, oxycodone pills, multiple cutting agents, and a digital scale. They also found a loaded shotgun and an AK-47 rifle in the master bedroom, a pistol in the living room, and loaded pistol inside a car parked, inside the garage.

his case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Pasco Sheriff’s Office, and the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Michael Sinacore.