MAN FROM ARTESIA SENTENCED TO 1O YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR METHAMPHETAMINE AND GUN POSSESSION

                ALBUQUERQUE – Adalberto Chavez-Chavez, 36, of Artesia, N.M., was sentenced in federal court in Las Cruces yesterday to 10 years (120 months) in prison for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime.

            Chavez-Chavez previously pleaded guilty to these offenses on April 29, 2019.  In his plea agreement, he admitted possessing 264 grams of methamphetamine and two loaded handguns in his car when police stopped him for a traffic infraction in Carlsbad, N.M., on December 13, 2018. 

            The Drug Enforcement Administration investigated the case with the Pecos Valley Drug Task Force and the Carlsbad Police Department.  Assistant U.S. Attorney Renee L. Camacho of the Las Cruces Branch Office prosecuted the case.