Duluth Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Methamphetamine Distribution

Jorge Rodriguez-Martinez, 56, of Duluth, Georgia, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison on charges related to methamphetamine distribution. U.S. District Judge Steve C. Jones imposed the sentence on August 16, 2024, following Rodriguez-Martinez’s conviction on April 25, 2024. Rodriguez-Martinez was found guilty of one count of conspiracy to possess methamphetamine with intent to distribute and one count of possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute.

The charges stem from an investigation conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Atlanta Carolinas High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force. On October 7, 2020, a confidential source, working with DEA agents, made recorded phone calls to Rodriguez-Martinez to arrange the purchase of several kilograms of methamphetamine. Rodriguez-Martinez, under surveillance by federal agents, was observed traveling to a Dunwoody apartment complex to meet with a drug supplier and subsequently dropped off his truck, containing multiple kilograms of methamphetamine, at the source’s residence.

Rodriguez-Martinez switched vehicles and later returned to retrieve the drugs. He was subsequently stopped by the Georgia State Patrol, which found approximately three kilograms of methamphetamine in the front passenger floorboard of his vehicle.

Rodriguez-Martinez will also serve four years of supervised release following his prison term. The case was prosecuted by Special Assistant U.S. Attorney McClellon D. Cox, III, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Sandra E. Strippoli, with prior prosecution by Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Rachel S. Lyons.