Meth dealers head to prison

Two men busted for selling large amounts of methamphetamine to police informants were sentenced to prison on Monday.

Jose Manuel Ledezma, 24, was given a sentence of 25 years in prison, with parole eligibility after 10 years, on a charge of trafficking. He sold 55.1 grams of methamphetamine to a person working with the Tri-Net Drug Taskforce.

Ledezma pleaded guilty to the charge in exchange for a similar charge being dropped in Douglas County.

And Ricardo Rodriguez-Flores, also known as Jesus Urena-Mejia, was sentenced to two to 10 years in prison on a trafficking charge. He was arrested in November for selling two ounces of methamphetamine to a Tri-Net informant. The exchange, in which Rodriguez-Flores was accompanied by his children, was caught on surveillance.

Also before Judge Todd Russell on Monday:

• A trial date of Nov. 27 has been set for Edward William Runne Jr., 49, on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs causing substantial bodily harm.

• A trial date of Sept. 11 has been set for Blake Ernest Mazy, 49, on a charge of sale of a controlled substance.

• Argenis Israel Mendez-Silis, 19, was sentenced to 190 days in bootcamp on a charge of burglary.

• Priscilla Valdez, 29, pleaded guilty to attempted theft. She will be sentenced Sept. 24.