U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani | U.S. Department of Justice
U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani | U.S. Department of Justice
Several individuals are set to appear for detention hearings for their alleged roles in two large-scale conspiracies to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
Those taken into custody include Clute residents Joseph Andre Luna, 40, Jacklyn Luna, 37, and David Allen Nunez, 37; Houston resident Eloy Tre Delarosa, 27; Juan Manuel Lara, 42, from Angleton; James Wayne Andrews, 40, from Bay City; Andrew Bryan Compian, 41, from Wharton; and Luis Angel Rodriguez, 45, from Lake Jackson. All are scheduled for a detention hearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge Richard W. Bennett at 9 a.m.
Co-conspirator Mary Alice Galindo, 48, from Oyster Creek is set to make an initial appearance on Aug. 21 while Edward Villarreal Humphrey, 43 also from Oyster Creek is in custody in another county and will appear in Houston soon.
Also charged are Irvin Lopez, 33 from Clute and Lake Jackson residents Monissa Shayla Najera, 35; Liliana Contreras, 35; Jordan Rodriguez ,18 and Robert Blake Partlow ,30 who have already made initial appearances.
The indictment returned on Aug.7 and unsealed on Aug.8 upon the arrests stems from a months-long investigation into narcotics distribution organizations working within Brazoria County.
All are charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance with several facing substantive counts of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance.
If convicted of any of the charges each faces up to life imprisonment and a possible $10 million maximum fine.
The FBI conducted the investigation with assistance from the Brazoria County District Attorney’s Office Brazoria County Sheriff’s Office police departments in Houston and Aransas Pass Texas Department of Public Safety U.S Marshals Service and San Patricio County Sheriff’s Office Assistant U.S Attorneys Brian J Hrach and Lisa M Collins are prosecuting the case
An indictment is a formal accusation of criminal conduct not evidence A defendant is presumed innocent unless convicted through due process of law
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