Goshen Man Sentenced to 180 Months in Prison

SOUTH BEND –  On November 12, 2025, Orlando Rodriguez-Roman, 43 years old, of Goshen, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty after a jury found him guilty of attempted possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, and unlawful possession of ammunition by a convicted felon, announced Acting United States Attorney M. Scott Proctor.

Rodriguez-Roman was sentenced to 180 months in prison followed by 4 years of supervised release.

According to documents in the case, federal agents intercepted a package addressed to a residence in Goshen that contained over 1,000 grams of cocaine. Agents removed the cocaine from the package and delivered it to its destination. Rodriguez-Roman later took possession of the package and placed the package’s contents, along with an additional amount of cocaine and methamphetamine, inside of a garbage bag. Agents converged on him as he was leaving his home, and Rodriguez-Roman fled in his car, leading police on a high-speed chase through a residential neighborhood. During the chase, he threw the trash bag containing the drugs out of his car. After arresting Rodriguez-Roman, police searched his house and found a loaded handgun, three rifle magazines loaded with a total of nearly 80 rounds of ammunition, and other items used to package and store drugs.

This case was investigated by the United States Postal Inspection Service including the USPS Forensic Laboratory Services, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives with assistance from the Elkhart County Intelligence and Covert Enforcement Unit and the Elkhart County Prosecutor’s Office. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Lydia T. Lucius and Katelan McKenzie Doyle.

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. On May 26, 2021, the Department launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results.