NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY - June 9, 2008

United States Attorney Karen P. Hewitt announced that David Trung Nguyen was sentenced today in federal court in San Diego by United States District Judge Larry A. Burns to serve 211 months in prison for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime. Judge Burns also ordered Nguyen to serve five years of supervised release and to forfeit the firearms and ammunition involved in the offense. Nguyen pled guilty to the same crimes in January 2008.

Court documents reflect that on October 6, 2007, plain clothes San Diego police officers saw Nguyen leave a residence driving erratically. A marked patrol unit stopped Nguyen, a documented associate of the Tiny Oriental Crips street gang. A search of Nguyen’s truck found about 110 grams of methamphetamine and a loaded firearm in the mid-console. A subsequent search warrant at Nguyen’s residence found two more handguns, an AR-15 assault rifle, ammunition and magazines, and an additional 295 grams of methamphetamine.

DEFENDANT Case Number: 07cr3040-LAB
David Trung Nguyen

SUMMARY OF CHARGES

Count 1 - Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841, 846 –
Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute
Count 2 - Title 18, United States Code, Section 924(c) –
Carrying a Firearm During and in Relation to a Drug Trafficking Crime

INVESTIGATING AGENCIES

San Diego Police Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation