CA man gets time served for plot to smuggle meth and Viagra to Bay Area

05.06.2025    The Mercury News    4 views
CA man gets time served for plot to smuggle meth and Viagra to Bay Area

SAN FRANCISCO The suspect in a scheme to smuggling methamphetamine and Viagra into the Bay Area was able to avoid a prison sentence years after a co-defendant was given a multi-year term court records show Anthony Cristian Valdovinos was sentenced to time he has already served in jail His co-defendant Mark Ogo was also sentenced to time served in but a third man William Riedy was given a -month sentence in court records show Prosecutors say the three conspired to smuggle pounds of methamphetamine into the Bay Area Riedy snuck the drugs into the United States and passed them off to Ogo and Valdovinos but not before making one more quick trip to Mexico and back to get Viagra for Ogo The duo then took them from Calexico to the San Mateo area where they retrieved the methamphetamine from a tire according to court records Valdovinos lawyer wrote in court filings that he is on an outstanding trajectory and that his personal history and substance abuse shaped his adulthood and ultimately his conduct in this scenario He fully accepts responsibility for his wrongdoing and is remorseful for violating the law a defense sentencing memo says

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