U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following announcement on Sept. 20
A Chesapeake man was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine.
According to court documents, on May 20, 2020, an Arizona State Trooper stopped Jeremy Wayne Johnson, 45, and his passenger on Interstate 17 near Mayer, Arizona, because Johnson was speeding and texting on his phone while driving. During the stop, Johnson provided a false name and claimed he had lost his driver’s license. At the time, Johnson was carrying on him a loaded Ruger pistol, along with methamphetamine inside his vehicle. Johnson admitted during a Mirandized interview that he and his passenger drove from Virginia Beach to Phoenix, Arizona to purchase methamphetamine. The day before they planned to return to Virginia, Johnson purchased two pounds of methamphetamine from a drug dealer at a hotel in Phoenix, Arizona. Johnson and his passenger were transporting the narcotics to Virginia Beach for resale when they were stopped.
Raj Parekh, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; Raymond Villanueva, Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations Washington, D.C.; and Paul Neudigate, Chief of Virginia Beach Police, made the announcement after sentencing by U.S. District Judge Raymond A. Jackson.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Darryl Mitchell prosecuted the case.
A copy of this press release is located on the website of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. Related court documents and information are located on the website of the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia or on PACER by searching for Case No. 2:20-cr-103
Original source can be found here.
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