SACRAMENTO, Calif. — U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez
sentenced Dustin Joseph Albini, 36, of West Sacramento, today to five and a
half years in prison and five years of supervised release, for assaulting a
federal officer and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking
crime, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
The crimes were charged in two separate cases and Albini
pleaded guilty to both in February 2019.
According to court documents, in July 2015, state and
federal law enforcement executed a search warrant at a marijuana grow operation
in Modoc County. During execution of the warrant, a Bureau of Land Management
agent attempted to take Albini into custody. Albini resisted arrest and engaged
in a struggle with the agent that resulted in the agent and Albini going to the
ground. While on the ground, Albini grabbed the agent’s testicles and bit his
leg.
According to court documents, when law enforcement arrested
Albini in September 2015 on the first indictment, they searched Albini’s
vehicle and found a .45-caliber Colt MK IV handgun, a .40-caliber Glock 27
handgun, and a backpack containing marijuana and hundreds of vials of liquid
containing tetrahydrocannabinol, a Schedule I controlled substance. As part of
his guilty plea, Albini admitted to possessing the vials with the intent to
distribute them and possessing the handguns to protect and otherwise further
his drug distribution activities.
This case was the product of an investigation by the Federal
Bureau of Investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Thuesen prosecuted the
case.
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