26-04-2025
California gang member gets 10 years for selling drugs near school
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A San Diego man has been sentenced in federal court to a decade in prison for distributing narcotics near a school.
The United States Attorney's Office in the Southern District of California announced Friday thta Manuel Joseph Mariscal was sentenced in federal court after task force officers purchased meth, a firearm and ammo from him during a controlled purchase in June of 2022 and recovered contraband during a search of his home a year later.
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An Old Town National City criminal street gang member, Mariscal, was sentenced Friday in federal court to 120 months (10 years) in prison.
The court reports task force officers purchased methamphetamine, a Ruger Mini Thirty CAL. 7.62 x 39 rifle and several rounds of ammunition, from Mariscal at his home in June 2022, which was located just 852 feet away from Zamorano Elementary School in San Diego.
Then, on June 21, 2023, law enforcement served a search warrant at Mariscal's home and recovered meth, a firearm, ammo, a firearm silencer, a firearm laser sign with gun mount parts, heroin, and a composition book with pay information.
The court says he was arrested that day on charges from the June 2022 controlled purchases by task force officers.
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In addition to the federal charges, Mariscal also faces state charges from the search of his San Diego home, including child abuse, possession for sale of a controlled substance, possession of a firearm by a possessor of a controlled substance, possession of a firearm by a felon, and a prohibited person owning firearm/ammunition.
Mariscal pleaded guilty in the federal case on Sept. 17, 2024.
The East County Regional Gang Task Force, Federal Bureau of Investigation, San Diego County Sheriff's Office, National City Police Department, and San Diego County District Attorney's Office investigated this case.
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