(South Bend, IN) - The last of three people working together to distribute methamphetamine in the Michigan City area have been sentenced to a federal prison.

 

31-year-old Pedro Gomez, Jr. of La Porte was given a 12-year federal prison sentence in U.S. District Court at South Bend, also being ordered to serve five years of supervised release after completing his prison time.

 

According to evidence in the case, during the fall of 2022 Gomez and Monica Harrington distributed methamphetamine, with Gomez being responsible for selling close to 200 grams of the substance during that period

 

Currently, Harrington is serving a 75-month federal prison sentence followed by three years of supervised release.

 

Amanda West, who was described as one of their suppliers, is serving a 57-month federal prison sentence also followed by three years of supervised release.

 

The case was investigated by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the federal Drug Enforcement Agency, with assistance from the DEA North Central Laboratory and the LaPorte County Drug Task Force.