Armando Conrad Gonzales, Methamphetamine Trafficking, New Mexico 2014

Las Cruces Man Sentenced to 100 Months in Federal Prison for Methamphetamine Trafficking and Firearms Conviction

ALBUQUERQUE – A Las Cruces man has been sentenced to 100 months in federal prison for his conviction on drug trafficking and firearms charges. Armando Conrad Gonzales, 34, was sentenced on November 18, 2014 in federal court for his conviction on drug trafficking and firearms charges.

Gonzales was charged in July 2014, with two co-defendants who previously had been arrested. Co-defendant Charles Douglas Notbohm, Jr., 51, of Tucson, Ariz., was arrested on February 21, 2014, after officers executed a search warrant on the vehicle in which he was traveling and found more than 116 grams of methamphetamine. On May 21, 2014, Notbohm and co-defendant James Richard Reeves, 46, also of Tucson, were indicted and charged with conspiracy and possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute.

The superseding indictment charged Gonzales with being a felon in possession of a firearm, and he pled guilty on November 18, 2014 to Counts 1 and 3 of the superseding indictment, charging him with a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy and being a felon in possession of a firearm. In entering his guilty plea, Gonzales admitted making an agreement with Reeves to purchase four ounces of methamphetamine from Reeves which Reeves and Notbohm were to transport from Tucson to Las Cruces.

Gonzales also admitted that on April 11, 2014, he possessed a firearm and ammunition even though he was prohibited from doing so based on his status as a convicted felon. The case was investigated by the Deming office of Homeland Security Investigations and the Lordsburg Police Department, and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Anna R. Wright of the U.S. Attorney’s Las Cruces Branch Office.

Notbohm pled guilty on October 7, 2014, to a felony information charging him with conspiracy and possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. In entering his guilty plea, Notbohm admitted that on February 21, 2014, he and Reeves were driving from Tucson to Las Cruces for the purpose of delivering methamphetamine to Gonzales. He further admitted that as the two men were driving through Lordsburg, they were stopped by a police officer who found more than 116 grams of methamphetamine in their vehicle.

Gonzales was sentenced to 100 months in federal prison followed by four years of supervised release. Co-defendant James Richard Reeves, 46, also of Tucson, remains in custody pending a sentencing hearing which has yet to be scheduled. Reeves faces a sentence of not less than five years and not more than 40 years in prison.

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