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Robin Lee Lovelace, 56, of Alamogordo, New Mexico, was sentenced to 12 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for her conviction on methamphetamine trafficking crime charges. Lovelace was one of 34 individuals charged in December 2015 with federal and tribal drug offenses as the result of an 18-month multi-agency investigation led by the DEA and BIA into methamphetamine trafficking on the Mescalero Apache Reservation.
The investigation, which began in May 2014, targeted a drug trafficking organization that was allegedly distributing methamphetamine within the Reservation. The probe initially targeted a single organization but later expanded to include two other drug trafficking organizations in southeastern New Mexico that allegedly served as sources of supply for the methamphetamine distributed within the Reservation.
During the course of the investigation, more than ten kilograms of methamphetamine were seized. Lovelace was arrested on Nov. 20, 2015, on an indictment charging her and seven other non-Natives with methamphetamine trafficking and money laundering offenses.
Lovelace pled guilty to participating in the methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy, distribution of methamphetamine and possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. She admitted to conspiring to sell methamphetamine to an undercover law enforcement agent and selling the following quantities of methamphetamine to the agent:
• 27.4 grams on April 9, 2015, in Bent, New Mexico
• 56 grams on April 17, 2015, in Mescalero
• 84 grams on May 8, 2015, in Mescalero
• 112 grams on May 15, 2015, in Mescalero
• 112 grams on June 8, 2015, in Mescalero
• 140 grams on July 1, 2015, in Mescalero
• 580 grams on July 24, 2015, in Socorro
• 140 grams on Aug. 6, 2015, in Mescalero
• 140 grams on Sept. 3, 2015, in Tularosa, New Mexico
• 212 grams on Oct. 9, 2015, in Alamogordo, New Mexico
• 364.2 grams on Oct. 15, 2015, in Alamogordo, New Mexico
Thirteen of the 18 federal defendants have entered guilty pleas, while the remaining five have entered not guilty pleas to the charges against them. The investigation was part of the Justice Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) program, which combines the resources and expertise of federal agencies and local counterparts to disrupt and dismantle major drug trafficking organizations.
Key Facts
- State: New Mexico
- Category: Drug Trafficking|Fraud & Financial Crimes|Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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