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Hidalgo County Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Methamphetamine Trafficking Conviction

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – William Herman Legatzke, 47, of Animas, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 84 months in prison for his conviction on a methamphetamine trafficking charge. He will be on supervised release for five years after completing his prison sentence.

 

Legatzke was arrested on Jan. 5, 2016, on a federal criminal complaint charging him with possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute. According to the criminal complaint, the charge arose out of the seizure of 12 ounces of methamphetamine from Legatzke by deputies of the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office during a routine traffic stop on Dec. 31, 2015, in Lordsburg, N.M.

 

On May 3, 2016, Legatzke pled guilty to a felony information charging him with possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. In entering the guilty plea, Legatzke admitted that law enforcement officers found 340.2 grams of methamphetamine concealed in a box in the backseat of Legatzke’s vehicle during a traffic stop. Legatzke further admitted that he intended to distribute the methamphetamine to individuals in and around Lordsburg.

 

This case was investigated by the Las Cruces office of the DEA and the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office. Assistant U.S. Attorney Dustin Segovia of the U.S. Attorney’s Las Cruces Branch Office prosecuted the case.

Updated March 17, 2017

Topic
Drug Trafficking