Minnesota Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Methamphetamine Trafficking
Rodolfo Rebollar-Gonzalez, 29, was sentenced to 120 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
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Minnesota Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Methamphetamine Trafficking
MINNEAPOLIS – Rodolfo Rebollar-Gonzalez, 29, was sentenced on August 25, 2026, to 120 months in prison for possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota announced. U.S. District Judge Patrick J. Schiltz imposed the sentence. Rebollar-Gonzalez had pleaded guilty on April 24, 2026.
According to court documents, on November 21, 2023, police executed a search warrant at Rebollar-Gonzalez's apartment in St. Paul, Minnesota. They saw him holding roughly nine pounds of methamphetamine. Officers also found about two pounds of marijuana and two loaded 9-millimeter magazines. The next day, police seized a 9-millimeter pistol and a loaded magazine from his car. In February and March 2025, he sold roughly one pound of methamphetamine on two occasions—once to a confidential informant and once to an undercover Drug Enforcement Administration agent. On March 24, 2025, he possessed about one pound of cocaine with intent to distribute; when police attempted to arrest him, he ran but was caught within seconds. He was not in the United States legally at the time of the crimes.
U.S. Attorney Daniel N. Rosen said, "My office is committed to getting dangerous drug traffickers off the streets and stopping the flow of illegal narcotics into the state. Today's sentence is a significant step toward disrupting these pipelines and safeguarding public safety for the people of Minnesota." Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt said the investigation began in 2023 and led to the seizure of nine pounds of methamphetamine and a pistol, and later to additional cocaine. HSI St. Paul Special Agent in Charge Travis Pickard said the sentence holds the defendant accountable for trafficking a destructive drug. DEA Omaha Field Division Special Agent in Charge Dustin Gillespie called Rebollar-Gonzalez a repeat offender who "squandered an opportunity to turn away from a life of drug trafficking."
The case was investigated by the DEA, the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office, the Hennepin County West Metro Drug Task Force, and Homeland Security Investigations, with assistance from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Assistant U.S. Attorney Campbell Warner prosecuted the case.
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