Defendant Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison for Methamphetamine Distribution

A California woman has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for her role in distributing multiple pounds of methamphetamine in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.

Kimberly Roxann Braun, 34, of Escondido, pleaded guilty on January 13 to distributing methamphetamine as part of a conspiracy led by Jimmy Oliver Zeigler II.

According to court documents, Zeigler regularly traveled to California to obtain large quantities of methamphetamine, meeting with Braun on several occasions to arrange for the purchase of pound quantities of the substance. Braun also used the mail to ship approximately one pound of methamphetamine to one of Zeigler’s co-conspirators.

The case was investigated by the DEA and U.S. Postal Inspection Service as part of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF), Ring of Ice. The OCDETF program is a federal multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional task force that supplies supplemental federal funding to federal and state agencies involved in the identification, investigation, and prosecution of major drug trafficking organizations.

Dana J. Boente, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; Karl C. Colder, Special Agent in Charge for the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Washington Field Division; Robert B. Wemyss, Inspector in Charge of the Washington Division of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, made the announcement after sentencing by Senior U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III. Assistant U.S. Attorney Carina A. Cuellar prosecuted the case.

The case highlights the ongoing efforts of law enforcement agencies to combat the flow of illicit substances into the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. The sentence handed down in this case serves as a reminder of the severe consequences that individuals who engage in such activities may face.

The case was prosecuted as part of the OCDETF program, which aims to identify, disrupt and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking, weapons trafficking and money laundering organizations, and those primarily responsible for the nation’s illegal drug supply.

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