A Stockton man was sentenced to 16 years in prison Monday for his role in a large-scale operation that distributed methamphetamine across the country, federal prosecutors said.
U.S. District Judge Dale Drozd handed down the sentence to Jose Manuel Ontiveros Verdugo, 40, for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
Another defendant, Jorge Omar Arredondo-Garcia, 47, of Lodi, pleaded guilty to the same offense but has not yet been sentenced, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Sacramento said. Charges are pending against another Stockton man, Alberto Navarro Zapata, 39; as well as Gregorio Ontiveros Verdugo, 42, of Morada; and Wilfredo Reyes, 50, of Manteca…