Sacramento man gets 180 months in prison; shipped drugs from California to Missouri and eventually to Adams, Pike counties

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Tommy V. Tran, 28, of Sacramento, Calif., was sentenced on May 4 by U.S. District Judge Sue Myerscough to 180 months in prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine and for using a communication facility to commit a drug felony.

Myerscough determined Tran, along with five co-defendants, between Aug. 1, 2018 and Feb. 11, 2019, knowingly conspired to possess with the intent to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine, a Schedule II controlled substance. Myerscough specifically found Tran was responsible for more than 1,400 grams of methamphetamine and more than 2,500 grams of marijuana. The drugs were shipped from California to Missouri and eventually to Adams and Pike Counties in Illinois.

Tran also was convicted of using a communication facility, namely a telephone, to facilitate the conspiracy to knowingly and intentionally possess with intent to distribute and the distribution of methamphetamine. 

Myerscough further found that Tran had acted as a supervisor, organizer or leader in the criminal activity as he had recruited individuals to send the drugs via the United States Postal Service and commercial carriers and to pay for the drugs via electronic banking transactions. The court also concluded Tran possessed numerous dangerous weapons.

Co-defendant Shawn Davis previously was sentenced by Myerscough to 144 months’ imprisonment. Cases against other co-defendants remain pending.

Tran was indicted in March 2019 and pleaded guilty in November 2021. He has remained in the custody of the United States Marshals since being arrested in California in February 2019. 

This prosecution is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces investigation.

“Disrupting drug traffickers like Tran is a critical part of our mission and an example of the effectiveness of our task force partnerships,” FBI Springfield Field Office Special Agent in Charge David Nanz said in a press release. “The sentence handed down today reflects the tireless effort of the FBI and our law enforcement partners to investigate criminal enterprises operating within our communities and bring to justice those who endanger public health and safety.”

The West Central Illinois Task Force, Quincy Police Department, Federal Bureau of Investigation (Springfield Field Office) and the Drug Enforcement Agency (St. Louis Division) investigated the case.