Man from Missouri pleads guilty to meth conspiracy, faces 10 years in prison
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A Missouri, man pleaded guilty in federal court to his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Camden County, Missouri.
Stephen Joseph Sanchez, 35, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Willie J. Epps Jr. to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Co-defendant Jo Marie Pollina, 37, of Kansas City, Mo. pleaded guilty to the same charge on June 30, 2020.
According to the plea agreement, Sanchez was arrested at a Camdenton hotel on October 31, 2017. A police officer responded to a report of a man tampering with a motor vehicle in the hotel’s parking lot and found Sanchez on the ground beside a sport utility vehicle when he arrived. Sanchez had a bag of marijuana and $8,225 in his pocket.