Angel Negron-Beltran Sentenced To 38 Months In Prison For Conspiracy To Possess With Intent To Distribute Cocaine

St. Thomas, USVI - District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez today sentenced Angel Negron-Beltran to 38 months in prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced.

Negron-Beltran, 53, was arrested as part of the investigation of Roberto Tapia, Director of the Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR) Division of Environmental Enforcement. On November 7, 2013, Negron-Beltran was charged in a 69-count indictment, along with seven other defendants, including former Virgin Islands Police Department Sergeant Angelo Hill, Raymond Brown, Hector Alcenio, Stephen Torres, and Eddie Lopez-Lopez, Walter Hill, and Edwin Monsanto. On January 29, 2014, Negron-Beltran pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine.

In addition to the 38 months’ incarceration, Negron-Beltran was placed on four years’ supervised release, and ordered to pay a $100 special assessment.

The case was investigated by the Public Corruption Task Force, which comprises the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Virgin Islands Police Department; U.S. Marshals Service; Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CI); U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI); U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP); United States Coast Guard; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and Office of the Virgin Islands Inspector General. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kelly B. Lake and Kim Lindquist prosecuted the case.