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Press Release
Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the
According to statements made by prosecutors during Ortez Lopez’s detention hearing, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration conducted a series of controlled purchases of methamphetamine from Ortez Lopez using an undercover detective. In total, law enforcement purchased over half a kilogram of methamphetamine from Ortez Lopez. Ortez Lopez was arrested in coordination with the execution of a search warrant on a residence that he used, in part, to store his methamphetamine. During that search, law enforcement located over half a kilogram of methamphetamine.
A complaint is merely a formal charge that a defendant has committed one or more violations of federal criminal law, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless, and until, proven guilty.
This case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. It will be prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney David P. Sullivan.