4 convicted felons sentenced in Ariz drug case

Associated Press
August 26, 2010 5:58 pm

Four convicted felons have been sentenced to federal prison terms in Arizona in a drug case.

Prosecutors say 30-year-old Juan Victor Munoz, 26-year-old Sixto Alonzo Castro and 28-year-old Modesto Castro _ all of Phoenix _ were sentenced Tuesday. Also sentenced at U.S. District Court in Phoenix was 31-year-old Bobby Joe Pierce, of Modesto, Calif.

Federal agents conducted a sting operation in May 2009 and say Munoz sold a firearm and crack cocaine to an undercover agent. Munoz and the other men were arrested in June 2009 when they showed up armed in a west Phoenix parking lot to participate in a plot to steal cocaine from a drug courier.

Prosecutors say Munoz was the leader of the group and got a 15-year prison term after being convicted in May. The other men all pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute at least 500 grams of cocaine and were sentenced to prison terms ranging from five to seven years.

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