Julio Adrian Jimenez-Sevilla, Distributing Methamphetamine, California 2023

A Sacramento man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for distributing large quantities of methamphetamine.

Julio Adrian Jimenez-Sevilla, 35, pleaded guilty to distributing at least 50 grams of actual methamphetamine in a federal court on January 23, 2023, announced U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert.

According to court documents, Jimenez-Sevilla distributed methamphetamine to a buyer on October 26, 2016, and December 1, 2016. In the October deal, he sold a buyer approximately 226 grams of 85% pure methamphetamine, and in the December deal, he sold a buyer approximately 226 grams of 97% pure methamphetamine. On January 23, 2017, Jimenez-Sevilla sold a buyer an AR-15 rifle.

This case is the product of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the FBI’s Safe Streets Gang Task Force. Assistant U.S. Attorney Aaron D. Pennekamp is prosecuting the case.

Jimenez-Sevilla is scheduled to be sentenced on July 11, 2023, by U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez. Jimenez-Sevilla faces a maximum statutory penalty of life in prison and a $10 million fine. The actual sentence, however, will be determined at the discretion of the court after consideration of any applicable statutory factors and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, which take into account a number of variables.

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. On May 26, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results.

This effort is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) operation. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level criminal organizations that threaten the United States using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach. Additional information about the OCDETF Program can be found at www.justice.gov/OCDETF.

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