(WTAQ-WLUK) — A Mexican national was sentenced to prison Monday on drug and firearm offenses in Manitowoc.
Jose Resendiz-Gomez, 41, will spend five years in prison after pleading guilty to possessing cocaine with intent to distribute and possessing firearms as a previously convicted felon and illegal alien.
He faces deportation to Mexico following the completion of his prison sentence, as he has “no lawful status” in the United States.
According to officials, agents with the Manitowoc County Drug Task Force arranged controlled buys of cocaine from Resendiz-Gomez in July 2023. He was arrested the following month during a traffic stop while returning from Illinois, having purchased another 600 grams of cocaine to distribute in Manitowoc.”
When a search warrant was executed, two 9mm pistols and 70 rounds of ammunition were recovered from Resendiz-Gomez’s home.
At sentencing, the judge “stressed that Resendiz-Gomez’s months’ long cocaine trafficking and unlawful firearm possession were serious offenses warranting significant punishment and deterrence.”
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