OMAHA, Neb. (DOJ) Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced Leagsaidh Hargreaves, age 25, of Walthill, Nebraska, was sentenced Monday in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for Making a False Statement to Law Enforcement Officials. Senior United States District Court Judge Joseph F. Bataillon sentenced Hargreaves to two years’ imprisonment. After completing her term of imprisonment, Hargreaves will be required to serve a 3-year term of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system. Hargreaves also lost any right or claim to the U.S. currency seized during the investigation.
In June of 2019, a cooperating witness bought methamphetamine from a co-defendant, Pedro Valdovinos, inside of his South Sioux City residence with the total being more than 50 grams.
On August 5, 2019, officers executed a Federal search warrant on Valdovinos’s residence. During the initial entry, Valdovinos and Hargreaves were located inside the residence in a basement bedroom closet with a handgun by their feet. A search of the residence revealed approximately 140 grams of methamphetamine, over $35,000 in U.S. currency, and three additional handguns found next to the methamphetamine.
Valdovinos and Hargreaves were arrested and interviewed. Valdovinos took full responsibility for the methamphetamine and the firearms that were located inside of the residence. Hargreaves denied any knowledge of Valdovinos selling methamphetamine but has since pleaded guilty and admitted to lying to law enforcement officers. Valdovinos was sentenced on March 29, 2021 to 138 months’ imprisonment.
This case was investigated by Officers of the DEA Sioux City Resident Office.
