Score:   1
Docket Number:   D-CO  1:18-cr-00104
Case Name:   USA v. Wong et al
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GRAND JUNCTION – United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn announced that Long Luong, aka “Peter”, was sentenced yesterday to serve 84 months (7 years) in federal prison for conspiracy to manufacture and possess with intent to distribute 1000 kilograms or more of marijuana and 1000 plants or more.  The sentence was imposed by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Marcia S. Krieger, who pronounced the sentence while in Grand Junction.  Luong was also ordered to serve 5 years on supervised release and pay a $30,000 fine.  Loung appeared at the sentencing hearing in custody, and was remanded at the hearing’s conclusion. 

According to court documents, including the stipulated facts in Luong’s plea agreement, on September 18, 2016, agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration were informed of a large outdoor marijuana grow operation in Rifle, Colorado.  Agents confirmed the existence of this grow and began surveillance.  The grow was located on property owned by co-defendant Heung Yu Wong.  The next day, agents observed numerous individuals harvesting marijuana plants and loading them into a large truck.  Shortly thereafter, agents observed many of these individuals attempting to flee from the grow operation.  Agents detained a number of the individuals, including the defendant and his wife, co-defendant Guoying Tang. 

Following the execution of a search warrant at the location, agents discovered 2,420 large, mature marijuana plants.  The defendant conspired with the co-defendants, and others, to cultivate and harvest this marijuana for illegal distribution.  Despite the prior warrant, on September 20, 2017, the defendant again conspired with his wife, co-defendant Guoying Tang, and others to cultivate and harvest a large field of marijuana in southwestern Colorado.  Luong, while supervising at least five others, harvested this field and loaded it onto two large trucks.  On September 23, 2017, one of the two trucks was intercepted by law enforcement and discovered to contain a significant quantity of freshly harvested marijuana that would result in at least 50 KG of usable marijuana.  This truck was destined for a warehouse located in Grand Junction, Colorado, where Luong and others supervised the cultivation of an additional 1,034 marijuana plants and the processing of marijuana for later distribution. 

As part of the investigation, a search warrant was also executed at the defendant’s home in Grand Junction, Colorado, which he shared with his wife.  Inside the defendant’s home, agents discovered a marijuana grow containing 179 marijuana plants.  The defendant and his wife cultivated these plants for further illegal distribution.  Also located in the home, hidden in a clothes hamper in the master bedroom, agents discovered a Beretta 9mm handgun.  This handgun belonged to the defendant. 

Luong and the two co-defendants were indicted on February 27, 2018.  Luong pled guilty before Magistrate Judge Gordon Gallagher on May 21, 2019.  He was sentenced on September 30, 2019.

“The cultivation of marijuana for the black market is an issue this office and our law enforcement partners continue to aggressively pursue,” said U.S. Attorney Jason Dunn.  “The defendant will now face the consequences of growing and distributing this illegal product.”

“The DEA is committed to protecting our communities by working alongside our state and local law enforcement partners to identify and target the most significant threats to the public safety,” said Acting DEA Special Agent in Charge Deanne Reuter.  “Long Luong ran a massive illegal marijuana grow operation that flagrantly and grossly violated both federal and state law. The DEA will continue to target these large illegal grow operations that seek profit over the public well-being.”

This case was investigated by the DEA, with substantial assistance from ATF, Two Rivers Drug Enforcement Team, Western Colorado Drug Task Force, Garfield County Sheriff’s Office, Mesa County Sheriff’s Office, and Grand Junction Police Department.  The defendant was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeremy Chaffin in the U.S. Attorney’s Grand Junction office.

Docket (0 Docs):   https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NyQPR50j42CZSfGDmI55X6NM05BiBG73p7eDmyqsExk
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Description: The fiscal year of the data file obtained from the AOUSC
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Description: The code of the federal judicial circuit where the case was located
Format: A2

Description: The code of the federal judicial district where the case was located
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Description: The code of the district office where the case was located
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Description: Docket number assigned by the district to the case
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Description: A unique number assigned to each defendant in a case which cannot be modified by the court
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Description: A unique number assigned to each defendant in a case which can be modified by the court
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Description: A sequential number indicating whether a case is an original proceeding or a reopen
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Description: Case type associated with the current defendant record
Format: A2

Description: A concatenation of district, office, docket number, case type, defendant number, and reopen sequence number
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Description: A concatenation of district, office, docket number, case type, and reopen sequence number
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Description: The status of the defendant as assigned by the AOUSC
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Description: The date upon which a defendant became a fugitive
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Description: The date when a case was first docketed in the district court
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Description: The date upon which proceedings in a case commenced on charges pending in the district court where the defendant appeared, or the date of the defendant’s felony-waiver of indictment
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Description: A code used to identify the nature of the proceeding
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Description: The date when a defendant first appeared before a judicial officer in the district court where a charge was pending
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Description: A code indicating the event by which a defendant appeared before a judicial officer in the district court where a charge was pending
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Description: A code indicating the type of legal counsel assigned to a defendant
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Description: The title and section of the U.S. Code applicable to the offense committed which carried the highest severity
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Description: A code indicating the level of offense associated with FTITLE1
Format: N2

Description: The four digit AO offense code associated with FTITLE1
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Description: The four digit D2 offense code associated with FTITLE1
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Description: A code indicating the severity associated with FTITLE1
Format: A3

Description: The title and section of the U.S. Code applicable to the offense committed which carried the second highest severity
Format: A20

Description: A code indicating the level of offense associated with FTITLE2
Format: N2

Description: The four digit AO offense code associated with FTITLE2
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Description: The four digit D2 offense code associated with FTITLE2
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Description: A code indicating the severity associated with FTITLE2
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Description: The title and section of the U.S. Code applicable to the offense committed which carried the third highest severity
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Description: The four digit AO offense code associated with FTITLE3
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Description: The four digit D2 offense code associated with FTITLE3
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Description: A code indicating the severity associated with FTITLE3
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Description: The title and section of the U.S. Code applicable to the offense committed which carried the fourth highest severity
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Description: The four digit AO offense code associated with FTITLE4
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Description: The four digit D2 offense code associated with FTITLE4
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Description: A code indicating the severity associated with FTITLE4
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Description: The title and section of the U.S. Code applicable to the offense committed which carried the fifth highest severity
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Description: The four digit AO offense code associated with FTITLE5
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Description: The four digit D2 offense code associated with FTITLE5
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Description: A code indicating the severity associated with FTITLE5
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Description: The date of the last action taken on the record
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Description: The date upon which judicial proceedings before the court concluded
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Description: The date upon which the final sentence is recorded on the docket
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Description: The total fine imposed at sentencing for all offenses of which the defendant was convicted and a fine was imposed
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Description: A count of defendants filed including inter-district transfers
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Description: A count of defendants filed excluding inter-district transfers
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Description: A count of original proceedings commenced
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Description: A count of defendants filed whose proceedings commenced by reopen, remand, appeal, or retrial
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Description: A count of defendants terminated including interdistrict transfers
Format: N1

Description: A count of defendants terminated excluding interdistrict transfers
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Description: A count of original proceedings terminated
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Description: A count of defendants terminated whose proceedings commenced by reopen, remand, appeal, or retrial
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Description: A count of defendants pending as of the last day of the period including long term fugitives
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Description: A count of defendants pending as of the last day of the period excluding long term fugitives
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Description: The source from which the data were loaded into the AOUSC’s NewSTATS database
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Description: A sequential number indicating the iteration of the defendant record
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Description: The date the record was loaded into the AOUSC’s NewSTATS database
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Description: Statistical year ID label on data file obtained from the AOUSC which represents termination year
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