NEW BERN, N.C. – Jesus Anibal Gutierrez, a 27-year-old resident of College Park, GA was sentenced this week to 12-1/2 years in federal prison for distributing crystal methamphetamine in Wayne County, NC. Gutierrez pled guilty on November 12, 2024.
According to the court documents and other information presented in court, the investigation began in July 2023, when law enforcement learned that a Mexico-based drug trafficker had arranged to send significant quantities of narcotics to the Eastern District of North Carolina. Law enforcement learned that a courier working on behalf of the Mexican drug trafficker was scheduled to arrive in the Goldsboro, NC area with a large shipment of methamphetamine on October 21, 2023.
With the assistance of a confidential informant, law enforcement located the courier’s car and conducted a traffic stop. A K-9 alerted to the presence of narcotics inside the car, and law enforcement seized approximately 20.74 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, as well as three cellular telephones. Gutierrez was a passenger in the car and admitted to law enforcement that he coordinated the shipment of narcotics and was traveling to the Goldsboro area to deliver them. The driver, Rosendo Salazar, pled guilty to possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine on March 10, 2025.
Daniel P. Bubar, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, made the announcement after sentencing by U.S. District Judge Louise W. Flanagan. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Goldsboro Police Department investigated the case, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer C. Nucci prosecuted the case.
He will be just old enough when he’s released to start all over again! He should never see the light of day again! NO PAROLE!!
People can change and actually decided to do something with their lives ya know
Never see the light of day over some drugs?? Be so forreal
I was an addict for 5+ years and am now sober and taking care of my family sooo
These drugs that are being brought in ruin peoples lives forever. Some people never get sober before they are called home. Families lose loved ones. So YES, make a choice to bring it in, make a choice to never see the light of day.
I don’t think trafficking drugs and being hooked on drugs are quite the same. Bad comparison.