Press Release
Drug Trafficker Linked To Hells Angels Sentenced To 21 Years
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of California
United States Attorney Laura E. Duffy announced that David Raymond Garcia, a methamphetamine dealer and associate of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to serve 262 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. At today's hearing, U.S. District Judge Marilyn L. Huff also sentenced Jason Scanlon, another methamphetamine supplier charged in the case, to serve 188 months in custody. These two defendants were prosecuted as part of an FBI Violent Crimes Task Force investigation that ultimately resulted in 36 defendants being charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
According to court documents and information provided at the sentencing hearing by Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew G. Schopler, Garcia supplied drugs to or employed at least 20 codefendants (and Scanlon at least four codefendants) during the course of the investigation into methamphetamine-trafficking and violent crimes committed by the San Diego Chapter of the Hells Angels and their criminal partners. Court documents also show that Garcia and codefendant Michael 2 Ottinger, Jr., the Sergeant-at-Arms for the Hells Angels, used violent force and intimidation to control the methamphetamine trade in San Diego. On December 3, 2012, Judge Huff sentenced Ottinger for his role in the methamphetamine conspiracy to serve 262 months in federal prison. Ottinger still faces murder charges in state court relating to the 2010 murder of a rival member of the Mongols motorcycle gang.
U.S. District Judge Marilyn L. Huff found both Garcia and Scanlon to be career offenders under federal law. This offense is Garcia's ninth felony conviction, including eight drug felonies and one felony for forging an access card to commit fraud. Scanlon now has ten felony convictions, including eight drug felonies, one felony for receiving stolen property, and one felony for evading a peace officer.
United States Attorney Duffy stated, "Individuals involved in the drug trade not only proliferate the spread of dangerous narcotics in our society, but they also destabilize our communities with violence and related criminal activities. Our federal, state and local law enforcement partners on the Task Force have done the San Diego community a great service by taking these dangerous offenders off the street."
DEFENDANT | Case Number: 10CR5016-H | |
David Raymond Garcia Jason Alex Scanlon | Age: 43 Age: 42 | |
SUMMARY OF CHARGES | ||
Conspiracy to Distribute MethamphetamineCTitle 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 846 | ||
AGENCIES | ||
Federal Bureau of Investigation Summary of Sentences in Criminal Case: 10cr5016-H Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine-Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 846 | ||
Michael Edward Ottinger, Jr. David Raymond Garcia Martin Francisco Moreno Hugo Gomez Flores Rory Cruz Flanigan Jason Alex Scanlon Eduardo Andres Sarquiz Juan Antonio Mendez William Manuel Castellano Daniel Joseph Seiler Cynthia Marie Stephan Matthew Joseph Mooney Darrel Lee Cooper Robert Blaine Hodges Mercedes Ciara Nina Cornejo Bruce Kevin Lambert Jason Michael Bradford Douglas Edward Witcher Phalen Farber Derek Ralph Low Mary Elizabeth Saber Anthony James Medvec Andre Guy Almeraz | 262 Months 262 Months 120 Months 120 Months 70 Months 188 Months 41 Months 115 Months 92 Months 87 Months 78 Months 84 Months 60 Months 48 Months 77 Months 70 Months 60 Months 63 Months 40 Months 77 Months 92 Months 30 Months 46 Months | |
Summary of Sentences for Illegal Use of a Communication Facility to Facilitate Meth Trafficking – Title 21, United States Code, Section 843(b): | ||
Martin Thomas Forschner Patrick James Haggerty | 30 Months 46 Months | |
Law enforcement continues to seek the public’s assistance in locating fugitive defendant Ernesto Verdugo, Jr. Anyone with information regarding this fugitive may contact the FBI at 858-565-1255. |
Updated July 23, 2015
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