November 3, 2015 (KMJ) – FRESNO, Calif. — United States District Judge Anthony W. Ishii sentenced the final two defendants on Monday for a conspiracy to sell multiple pounds of methamphetamine to a confidential source, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
On Monday, Veronda Creasy, 32, was sentenced to five years in prison, and Juventino Galindo, 41, was sentenced to eight years and nine months in prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
On October 19, 2015, Touch Peang, 35, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and marijuana. Bruce Hunt, 60, was sentenced on October 13, 2015, to four years in prison for using a telephone to facilitate the commission of a felony. The defendants, all Fresno residents, pleaded guilty in July and August 2015.
According to court documents, on April 29, 2014, Creasy and Hunt arranged to sell methamphetamine to a confidential source who wanted to purchase 10 pounds. Creasy sought the assistance of Galindo to obtain the substantial quantity of methamphetamine and Galindo arranged for Peang to sell the methamphetamine. On May 1, 2014, Hunt called the confidential source to notify him that the methamphetamine was available. Galindo, Creasy and Hunt led the confidential source to Peang’s place of employment, where Peang showed the methamphetamine to him. Shortly thereafter, officers of the Fresno Police Department executed a search warrant at the location, resulting in the arrest of the defendants and the seizure of eight pounds of methamphetamine, 13 pounds of marijuana, and two firearms.
San Francisco Division Inspector in Charge Rafael Nunez of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service stated, “Postal Inspectors worked closely with the U.S. Attorney’s Office and our partners at the Fresno Police Department on this investigation and will continue to protect the public and the U.S. Mail against all forms of criminal misuse.”
This case was the product of an investigation by the United States Postal Inspection Service and the Fresno Police Department. Assistant United States Attorney Melanie L. Alsworth prosecuted the case.
