Another Rochester Man Sentenced For 2019 Drug Bust

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St. Paul, MN (KROC-AM News) - A Rochester man has been sentenced to 11 years in federal prison for a drug trafficking conviction stemming from a 2019 drug bust in Rochester.

34-year-old Jason Edward Hoffman pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in August of last year. A news release from the Acting US Attorney for Minnesota says Hoffman served as a sub-distributor and provided distribution logistics for methamphetamine that was supplied to him by another Rochester man, John Willis Netherton.

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He was previously sentenced to 21 years in prison. Andrew Berndt of Rochester was given a 102-month prison term, while Miguel Zamora is serving a 120-year sentence. Four other co-conspirators have pleaded guilty but have yet to be sentenced.

The 2019 drug bust in Rochester led to the seizure of 13 pounds of methamphetamine, $11,000 in cash, a quantity of counterfeit $100 bills, and a handgun.

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