MADISON, WI – John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jorge Gamez-Nieto, 41, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to a mandatory minimum ten-year term of imprisonment for possessing with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine and possessing a loaded handgun in furtherance of that offense. Gamez-Nieto pleaded guilty to these charges on May 15, 2014.
Law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at Gamez-Nieto’s residence in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin on January 8, 2014. Gamez-Nieto was asleep at the time, with a loaded handgun under his pillow. United States currency was located throughout the bedroom, as well as drug ledgers and a small amount of cocaine. In other areas of the residence officers located 3 long guns, 794 grams of cocaine, baggies, a heat sealer, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, and additional currency. The total amount of U.S. currency seized was $10,524.00.
Additionally, Gamez-Nieto had surveillance cameras both on the interior and exterior of his home, which led Judge Conley to observe that Gamez-Nieto’s drug business was sophisticated.
Gamez-Nieto will be deported upon completion of his sentence. Pursuant to the terms of the plea agreement, the government dismissed an illegal re-entry count, as well an illegal alien in possession of firearms count.
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