Leslie Hood, Methamphetamine Possession, California 2018

A Fresno man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for his role in a methamphetamine trafficking operation.

According to court documents, Leslie Hood, 59, of Fresno, was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd to 12 years in prison for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.

In June 2016, Hood brought several packages to a FedEx location in Fresno for shipment to North Carolina. Inside of each package was a children’s toy that had a bag of methamphetamine concealed inside it. The total weight of actual methamphetamine seized from all packages was in excess of 200 grams.

Hood has been in custody since his arrest in 2017. Co-defendants Richard Ormond and Sharron Aycock were also sentenced in connection with the case. Ormond received 10 years in prison in April 2018, while Aycock received three years in prison in March 2018.

The case was the product of an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Michael Tierney and Jessica Massey prosecuted the case.

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.

Hood has been in custody since his arrest in 2017.

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