KINGMAN – A Denver, Colorado man hauling dope through north Mohave County has entered a plea agreement that could land him in the Arizona Department of Corrections. Sergio Amezquita-Aceves, 32, pleaded guilty to transportation of narcotic drugs for sale during a Jan. 6 hearing in Kingman.
Deputy county attorney Leah Nelson said Amezquita-Aceves was pulled over for a window traffic infraction last Sept. on Interstate 15, about 8 miles south of the Utah border. She said a consent search of the vehicle he was operating yielded discovery of packages containing six pounds of illegal drugs.
“The defendant admitted that the packages contained heroin,” Nelson told Superior Court Judge Rick Lambert.
Terms of the plea deal prescribe a punishment range from as low as probation to as many as 5 years in prison. Judge Lambert scheduled sentencing Feb. 1.
Dave Hawkins
