Guilty Plea in Heroin and Methamphetamine Seizure

EUGENE, Ore. – Miguel Angel Reyna-Ramos, 37, pled guilty today in U. S. District Court to possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine.  The defendant is facing a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison and a mandatory minimum sentence of five years.

A stipulation filed with the court states that on May 29, 2015, an Oregon State Police (OSP) trooper stopped a car driven by Reyna near milepost 35 on Interstate Highway 5.  Reyna did not possess a driver’s license but produced an expired Oregon ID Card which the trooper could not authenticate.  The car Reyna was driving was not registered to him and Reyna declined consent to search the car, so the OSP trooper deployed a narcotics detection dog.  The dog alerted to four pounds of heroin and nineteen pounds of methamphetamine in the luggage compartment of the vehicle.  Reyna was arrested and the car was impounded.   

The defendant remains in federal custody pending a sentencing hearing on May 5, 2016, before U. S. District Judge Michael McShane.

This case was investigated by the Oregon State Police and the DEA.  Assistant U.S. Attorney William “Bud” Fitzgerald is prosecuting the case.