Daniel Capehart, Distribution of Marijuana, New Mexico 2021
A former New Mexico State Police officer has been sentenced to seven years in prison for distributing marijuana and methamphetamine in San Juan County, New Mexico.
Daniel Capehart, 37, of Bloomfield, New Mexico, was sentenced on June 7 to seven years in prison, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Mexico.
Capehart was convicted by a federal jury on July 22, 2021, of three counts of distribution of marijuana and methamphetamine, two of which occurred within 1,000 feet of a school or playground in San Juan County.
According to court records, Capehart provided illegal drugs to people he had encountered during his duties as a police officer on three occasions. In all three instances, undercover officers were investigating Capehart's conduct.
On June 21, 2018, and again on June 23, 2018, Capehart delivered marijuana to a 16-year-old girl he met during a traffic stop. On June 28, 2018, Capehart executed a plan to conduct a traffic stop, confiscate methamphetamine from the driver, and provide the methamphetamine to a woman he had met through his duties as a police officer. The driver, however, was an undercover officer.
On June 29, 2018, Capehart drove to a local park and delivered more than five grams of methamphetamine. Capehart was arrested later that day.
Upon his release from prison, Capehart will be subject to eight years of supervised release.
The FBI, the San Juan County Sheriff's Office, and the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) Region II Narcotics Task Force investigated this case.
Key Facts
- State: New Mexico
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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