He is charged with being a drug user in possession of a firearm. Author: Mason Storrs Updated: 6:16 PM CDT July 14, 2021
MIDLAND, Texas
In a press release Wednesday, the United States Attorney’s Office Western District of Texas announced that a federal judge sentenced Adrian Antonio Chavez, a practicing attorney in Odessa, to 24 months in prison for being a drug user in possession of a firearm.
On top of the prison sentence, U.S. District Judge David Counts ordered Chavez to pay a $10,000 fine and be placed on supervised release for three years after his prison term is over.
According to the release, on April 15, 2021, Chavez entered a plea of guilty to one count of being a drug user in possession of a firearm before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ronald C. Griffin.
Updated: 3:01 PM CDT July 8, 2021
MIDLAND, Texas An Odessa business owner will be spending 15 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to fraud-related charges.
James Clinton Fletcher, 45, was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of willful failure to pay employee tax withholdings to the IRS.
Fletcher was the owner of San Jan Oilfield Services, LLC.
U.S. District Judge David Counts ordered Fletcher to pay $18,279,111 in restitution to his victims as well as $1,177,231 in restitution to the IRS.
He also ordered Fletcher to be placed on supervised release for three years following his release from prison.