Conspiracy Centered in Hamblen and Jefferson Counties
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. – On April 15, 2019, Chevez McCray, 35,
of Morristown, Tennessee, and Hector Mendez-Sales a/k/a Oswaldo Sanchez, 34, a
citizen of Guatemala residing in Talbott, Tennessee, were sentenced by the
Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, Senior U.S. District Court Judge, for their roles in
a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy.
Both McCray and Sales-Mendez pleaded guilty December 2018 to
conspiring with each other to distribute methamphetamine. Sales–Mendez was also
convicted of illegally reentering the United States after having being
deported. McCray was sentenced to serve 276 months in federal prison. Mendez Sales was sentenced to 151 months in
federal prison.
Agencies involved in this investigation included the Hamblen
County Sheriff’s Department, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department, FBI, and
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys William Roach and Robert Reeves represented the United
States.
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