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Western NC News -- March 10, 2021 -- On March 7, 2021. Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North
Carolina, announced that Christian Allen Garcia, 30, of West Covina, California, was sentenced to 120 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Robert Conrad Jr. on conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
Garcia was also ordered to serve five years of supervised release following his prison term.
In 2018, law enforcement identified Garcia as a member of a drug trafficking organization responsible for distributing bulk quantity of narcotics in Western North Carolina, including the greater Charlotte area.
On March 27, 2018, law enforcement conducted a traffic stop of the vehicle where Garcia was a passenger and Garcia’s co-defendant, Henry Danny Collao. Over the course of the traffic stop, law enforcement recovered nearly a kilogram of methamphetamine from the rear passenger seat. Law enforcement also found a loaded firearm in Garcia’s pants pocket and a second loaded gun in Collao’s right waistband. Officers also located within the vehicle different bank transaction receipts from various U.S. banks totaling over $75,000.
July 8, 2021, Garcia pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Collao was previously sentenced to 151 months in prison for his role in the drug trafficking scheme.
The investigation was handled by DEA and CMPD. Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher Hess of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Charlotte prosecuted the case.
Wnctimes by Marjorie Farrington
