DALLAS — A 48-year-old ex-convict from Dallas was sentenced to 12.5 years in prison for drug and firearm charges, federal officials announced Thursday.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said Danette Ozuna was indicted in October 2022 and she pleaded guilty in September 2023 to one count each of possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
DOJ officials said in a release Thursday that, according to court documents, in March 2022 a confidential informant made multiple purchases of methamphetamine from Ozuna at the Star Motel located in Dallas. Following those purchases, in May 2022, law enforcement executed a search warrant at the hotel and found Ozuna in the hotel room. While she was being taken into custody, Ozuna told officers there was a handgun under the pillow of the bed.
During the search, officers found the handgun, as well as a drug ledger, a bank bag containing $7,006 in cash and a red bag containing methamphetamine. There was also methamphetamine in the nightstand drawer, according to the DOJ.
At Ozuna's sentencing hearing, prosecutors discussed a sign in the hotel room that listed rules for drug purchases. It read:
Please Read First!
- I don’t want to do no fronts, and if I do the price goes up!
- You only get a price break when 4 and up
- If you Owe me money you will not get more until Debt is cleared.
- price went up on me So goes up for you too!
- 4 - 650
- 1 - 175.00
- ½ - 125.00
- 7 - 80.00
- 8 Ball - 50
- Teen - 30
- Anything above that 150 piece
5. what you have $ for is what you will get - ne extra, No fronts
I have too much money out and I have my own Bills to pay!
If you ask after Reading this you will Be directed back to read it Over again!
No exceptions! Thank you!
Ozuna was previously convicted in April 2014 in Kaufman County, which made it a federal crime for her to possess a firearm, the DOJ said.
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