{"id":1294341,"date":"2024-02-01T07:29:03","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T13:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1294341"},"modified":"2024-02-06T13:00:24","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T19:00:24","slug":"smith-county-man-sentenced-for-federal-violations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1294341","title":{"rendered":"Smith County man sentenced for federal drug trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1294342\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/02\/JuanCarlosDV-175x160.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/02\/JuanCarlosDV-175x160.png 175w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/02\/JuanCarlosDV-191x175.png 191w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/02\/JuanCarlosDV.png 355w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/>TYLER\u00e2\u20ac\u201c A Tyler man was sentenced Wednesday to federal prison for firearms and drug trafficking violations. Juan Espinoza, Jr., 27, pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm after having been previously convicted of family violence and possession with intent to distribute marijuana. He was sentenced to 48 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Jeremy D. Kernodle. According to information presented in court, on Feb. 16, 2022, a federal search warrant was executed at Espinoza\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Tyler residence, during which officers discovered approximately 4,600 grams of marijuana, 476 grams of Psilocybin, five semi-automatic pistols, a semi-automatic rifle, a shotgun, multiple rounds of ammunition, and $12,145.00 in cash. Espinoza was convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence in Smith County in 2016 and prohibited by federal law of possessing firearms or ammunition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER\u00e2\u20ac\u201c A Tyler man was sentenced Wednesday to federal prison for firearms and drug trafficking violations. Juan Espinoza, Jr., 27, pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm after having been previously convicted of family violence and possession with intent to distribute marijuana. He was sentenced to 48 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Jeremy &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1294341\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Smith County man sentenced for federal drug trafficking<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":1294343,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/02\/JuanCarlosDV-175x160.png","fifu_image_alt":"Smith County man sentenced for federal violations","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1294341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-21 08:08:36","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/02\/JuanCarlosDV-175x160.png","fifu_image_alt":"Smith County man sentenced for federal violations","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1294341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1294341"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1294341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1294369,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1294341\/revisions\/1294369"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1294343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1294341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1294341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1294341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}