Sheriff's Office Aids in Investigation That Leads to Sentencing

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Ronnie Anthony Martinez, age 42, of Fresno, California was sentenced to 152 months’ imprisonment, and 5 years of supervised release; and Charles Dewey Sellers III, age 44, of Atlanta, Georgia was sentenced to 241 months’ imprisonment, and 5 years of supervised release for Drug Conspiracy.

The charges arose from an investigation by the Sequoyah County Sherriff’s Office, the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) McAlester Resident Office, the DEA Fresno Enforcement Group 1, the DEA Atlanta HIDTA Group 1, the Georgia Bureau of Investigations, and the Oklahoma District 18 Drug Task Force. 

The Superseding Indictment alleged that beginning in or about November 2017, and continuing until on or about June 26, 2018, within the Eastern District of Oklahoma and elsewhere, the defendants, Charles Dewey Sellers, III, and Ronnie Anthony Martinez willfully and knowingly combined, conspired, confederated and agreed with others known and unknown to the Grand Jury, to commit offenses against the United States in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 846 as follows: to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine (actual), a Schedule II controlled substance. 

U.S. Attorney Brian J. Kuester said, “This investigation was led by agents in the DEA McAlester Resident Office and began as a result of information obtained by the Sequoyah County Sheriff’s Office. That information led investigators to numerous states and required assistance from other DEA offices and state and local agencies. Because of this team effort by agents and prosecutors in this office, a drug trafficking organization that had been distributing methamphetamine across several states has had its operations disrupted and its members are being held accountable.” 

The Honorable Ronald A. White, U.S. District Judge in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, in Muskogee, presided over the hearings. Assistant U.S. Attorney Shannon Henson represented the United States. 

KXMX News Staff

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