California Woman Sentenced for Delivering Methamphetamine on Behalf of Drug Trafficking Organization

United States Attorney Joseph P. Kelly announced that on June 3, 2019, Senior United States District Judge Laurie Smith Camp sentenced Jessica Medina, of California, to a 70 month term of imprisonment, to be served in the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.  Medina pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine.  During the first few months of 2018, Medina conspired with others to distribute methamphetamine throughout the Omaha/Council Bluffs metropolitan area.  Medina functioned as a courier for the organization and delivered methamphetamine to customers on behalf of Jasive Zamora-Carrillo, of Council Bluffs, Iowa.  On February 25, 2019, Zamora-Carrillo was sentenced to 168 months imprisonment.  Six additional defendants in the case have already been sentenced.  Medina’s term of imprisonment will be followed by a three year term of supervised release.

The case was primarily investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration – Omaha Field Division, the Omaha Police Department, and the Southwest Iowa Narcotics Task Force.