Rodriguez-Munguia Irving E., Methamphetamine Trafficking, North Carolina 2015

Fourteen methamphetamine traffickers have been sentenced to prison in North Carolina, according to U.S. Attorney Jill Westmoreland Rose. The defendants were charged as part of an ongoing Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) investigation.

The OCDETF investigation, which began in 2015, has resulted in the prosecution of more than 150 individuals. Court records show that the drug trafficking organizations involved have trafficked methamphetamine worth millions of dollars.

Law enforcement seized over 20 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, $500,000 in U.S. currency, and dozens of firearms during the investigation.

The defendants were sentenced in U.S. District Court in Statesville. Here are the defendants and their sentences:

Irving E. Rodriguez-Munguia, 24, of Mexico – sentenced to 188 months, followed by five years of supervised release, for methamphetamine trafficking (5:15-cr-77).

Reginald Jerry Shaw, 42, of Charlotte – sentenced to 151 months, followed by five years of supervised release, for methamphetamine trafficking (5:16-cr-46).

Alexis Noe Bautista, 36, of Mexico – sentenced to 121 months, followed by five years of supervised release, for methamphetamine trafficking (5:16-cr-13).

Steven Glenn Burke, 32, of West Jefferson – sentenced to 120 months, followed by five years of supervised release, for methamphetamine trafficking (5:16-cr-40).

Zachary Robert Testerman, 27, of Millers Creek – sentenced to 77 months, followed by five years of supervised release, for methamphetamine trafficking (5:16-cr-46).

Gary Joseph Phipps, 31, of West Jefferson – sentenced to 65 months, followed by three years of supervised release, for methamphetamine trafficking (5:16-cr-47).

Christopher Gray Young, 34, of McMinnville, Tennessee – sentenced to 65 months, followed by five years of supervised release, for methamphetamine trafficking (5:16-cr-53).

Hanna Lee Raymer, 38, of Mooresville – sentenced to 60 months, followed by four years of supervised release, for methamphetamine trafficking (5:16-cr-48).

Kenneth Otto Jones, 51, of Hickory – sentenced to 60 months, followed by four years of supervised release, for methamphetamine trafficking (5:16-cr-60).

Heather Lynne Bostian, 32, of Statesville – sentenced to 57 months, followed by three years of supervised release, for methamphetamine trafficking (5:16-cr-61).

Mark Monroe Goings, 45, of Mount Airy – sentenced to 50 months, followed by two years of supervised release, for methamphetamine trafficking (5:16-cr-59).

Rhiannon Nicole Forrest, 33, of Statesville – sentenced to 46 months, followed by three years of supervised release, for methamphetamine trafficking (5:16-cr-56).

Tammy Lynn Paris, 50, of Jasper, Georgia – sentenced to 46 months, followed by three years of supervised release, for methamphetamine trafficking (5:16-cr-44).

Kristy Hope Eastridge, 33, of Crumpler – sentenced to 24 months, followed by six years of supervised release, for methamphetamine trafficking (5:16-cr-47).

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