Provided by U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Texas
LUBBOCK, Texas (NEWS RELEASE) – United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Ryan Raybould announced that a New Mexico man who was caught with over 300 grams of methamphetamine and a loaded Glock pistol after leading multiple West Texas law enforcement agencies on a lengthy high-speed chase was sentenced to just over 19 years in federal prison on Oct. 8.
Erik Louis Almaguer, 32, was indicted in February and pleaded guilty in May to possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. U.S. District Judge James Wesley Hendrix imposed a 170 month sentence for the drug offense, followed by a consecutive 60 month sentence for the firearm offense, for a total of 230 months…