LOS ANGELES, California — A Riverside County man has been sentenced to 144 months in federal prison for possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute and illegally possessing firearms and ammunition. Alvaro Hector Martinez, a 33-year-old from Perris, was sentenced by United States District Judge Fernando L. Aenlle-Rocha.
Martinez pleaded guilty in June 2023 to one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and one count of being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition. In February 2021, acting under the direction of a Sinaloan drug trafficker, Martinez sold approximately 872 grams of methamphetamine to a buyer. The following month, law enforcement conducted a traffic stop on Martinez, discovering 35 packages containing approximately 15.4 kilograms (34 pounds) of pure methamphetamine in his car, which he intended to distribute.
Following the traffic stop, law enforcement executed a search warrant at a residence where Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents had observed Martinez departing with the drugs. There, they found five containers of methamphetamine weighing approximately 8.5 kilograms (18.7 pounds), three firearms, and 38 rounds of ammunition. Martinez admitted in his plea agreement to knowingly possessing the firearms and ammunition…