Alfonso Roman Brito, Methamphetamine Trafficking, North Carolina 2023

STATESVILLE, N.C. – A federal jury in Statesville has convicted Alfonso Roman Brito, 43, of trafficking methamphetamine, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.

Brito, an inmate in the Georgia Department of Corrections, was found guilty of coordinating the shipments of multiple kilograms of methamphetamine from the Atlanta area into the Western District of North Carolina.

According to filed court documents and witness testimony, between 2019 and into the fall of 2021, Brito orchestrated the delivery of more than 100 kilograms of methamphetamine from Georgia into North Carolina.

The federal jury convicted Brito of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and distribution of methamphetamine, which carries a maximum term of life in prison and a $10,000 fine.

Brito remains in federal custody, awaiting sentencing. No date has been set for his trial.

In making the announcement, U.S. Attorney King commended the DEA, HSI, the Burke County Sheriff’s Office, and the Catawba County Sheriff’s Office for leading the investigation.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher Hess of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Asheville is prosecuting the case.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdnc/pr/georgia-inmate-convicted-trafficking-methamphetamine