BOISE – A Caldwell man pleaded guilty to distribution of methamphetamine.
According to court records, Jorge Armando Cervantes, 30, sold another person methamphetamine on two different occasions. On April 14, 2021, he sold approximately 29 grams of methamphetamine and on April 21, 2021, he sold approximately 54 grams of methamphetamine.
Cervantes is scheduled to be sentenced on September 19, 2022, and faces a statutory mandatory minimum sentence of at least five years and a maximum sentence of 40 years in federal prison, a five million dollar fine, and at least four years of supervised release. A federal district court judge will determine Cervantes’s sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
U.S. Attorney Rafael M. Gonzalez Jr., of the District of Idaho made the announcement and commended the investigation by the City County Narcotics Unit consisting of officers from the Caldwell Police Department and the Canyon County Sheriff’s office, which led to the charges.
This case was prosecuted by the Special Assistant United States Attorney hired by the Ada County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office with funds provided by the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) program. HIDTA is part of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) created by Congress with the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988. It provides assistance to federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies operating in areas determined to be critical drug-trafficking regions of the United States. Idaho is part of the Oregon-Idaho HIDTA. The Idaho HIDTA is a collaboration of local, multi-jurisdictional law enforcement drug task forces, and prosecuting agencies dedicated to addressing regional drug trafficking organizations that operate in Ada, Canyon, Bannock, Kootenai, and Malheur Counties.
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