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Monday, June 14, 2010
Cocaine trafficker sentenced to prison
DAYTON — A Riverside, Calif. man who oversaw the transportation of cocaine from Mexico to Xenia was sentenced Monday, June 14, to 17 years in federal prison.
Jose Jesus Villalba, 41, appeared before U.S. District Senior Judge Walter H. Rice.
Villalba pleaded guilty July 30 to one count of conspiracy to possess and possession with intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine.
Villalba directed a relative to travel from Los Angeles in 2006 to rent a house in Xenia. The house was to serve as an operations base and a place to store the cocaine until it could be distributed, according to a statement of facts filed in court.
In August 2008, Villalba directed another relative and a semi-truck driver to travel from Los Angeles to Fairborn so they could pick up his profits so that he could pay his suppliers. Drug Enforcement Administration agents stopped the truck in Ohio while a co-conspirator was trying to collect a briefcase containing $205,000, according to court records.
Villalba was later arrested by DEA agents in Los Angeles on August 13, 2008 and has been in custody since his arrest. Under his sentence, Villalba will serve 10 years on supervised release after his prison release.
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