Eastern North Carolina woman sentenced to 15 years in prison for drug trafficking, firearm charges – The Coastland Times

A Jacksonville girl was sentenced to 180 months in jail for trafficking methamphetamine, heroin, fentanyl, cocaine, cocaine base (crack) and marijuana and possessing a firearm in furtherance of such drug trafficking crime, in keeping with a Thursday, June 2 press launch from the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace, Jap District of North Carolina.

Ramona Lopez pleaded responsible to the fees on December 8, 2021.

In response to courtroom paperwork and different info introduced in courtroom, the Jacksonville Police Division obtained complaints from administration of a neighborhood resort relating to Lopez’s promoting of narcotics from a room on the resort.

“After legislation enforcement surveillance revealed that Lopez was utilizing the resort as the bottom of operation for her drug trafficking group, a search warrant was executed on the resort room and legislation enforcement recovered 122 grams of methamphetamine, 107 grams of heroin, a amount of fentanyl, 73 doses of Ecstasy, 7 grams of cocaine, written directions for cooking methamphetamine, $6,636, and a loaded Taurus 9 millimeter handgun, later decided to have been stolen from Virginia.” Acknowledged the discharge.

Michael Easley, U.S. Lawyer for the Jap District of North Carolina, made the announcement after sentencing by U.S. District Decide James C. Dever III. The Jacksonville Police Division, Onslow County Sheriff’s Workplace, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Federal Bureau of Investigation investigated the case and Assistant U.S. Lawyer Dennis M. Duffy prosecuted.

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