Man booked on trafficking charges

COLLIN COUNTY – U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs announced that a McKinney man who was involved in the Homeland Security Task Force for trafficking cocaine and methamphetamine in the Eastern District of Texas has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison. On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Amos L. Mazzant III sentenced Eraldo Orozco-Fernandez, 34, to 180 months in federal prison after he entered a guilty plea to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and methamphetamine.

Orozco-Fernandez was pulled over for a traffic infraction in McKinney on March 31, 2023, according to information provided by the court. During the stop, a search of the car turned up more than $2,800 in cash, a gun, and about 3.76 kilograms of cocaine. Another eight kilograms of methamphetamine, about one kilogram of cocaine, and $6,000 in US dollars were found during a search of Orozco-Fernandez’s McKinney home. Orozco-Fernandez acknowledged taking part in a plot to distribute cocaine and methamphetamine in the Eastern District of Texas.