OAKLAND – A brazen armed drug dealer has been sent to the slammer for 15 long years after a guilty plea in a federal court.
Jeffery Andrew Sardell, 29, of Hayward, California, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge James Donato on an unspecified date for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
The sentence was handed down following a guilty plea entered by Sardell last year. According to court documents, the defendant admitted to knowingly possessing approximately 340 grams (net weight) of methamphetamine in his residence, packaged for distribution in 12 separate one-ounce baggies.
Sardell also admitted to carrying a loaded .22 caliber firearm in his car and possessing a second loaded .45 caliber firearm inside his residence near his methamphetamine stash.
The defendant was charged by a federal grand jury in a Superseding Indictment returned on August 27, 2015. He was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g); possession with intent to distribute marijuana and methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841; and possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c).
According to court documents, Sardell was arrested in January 2015 after a parole search. The search, conducted by Hayward Police officers, yielded more than $1,700 in cash on Sardell’s person, loaded firearms in his car and house, and methamphetamine, packaging materials, and a scale in his bedroom.
The defendant was already on parole following an assault conviction, as well as on probation for possessing methamphetamine for sale.
This case was the result of an investigation by the Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations San Francisco Field Office, and the Hayward Police Department.
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Key Facts
- State: California
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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