Joplin woman who sold meth, heroin, cocaine sentenced to 23 months in prison

A federal court judge sentenced a Joplin woman to 23 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised probation during a hearing this afternoon in U. S. District Court in Springfield.

Lateisha Rodriguez pleaded guilty earlier this year to selling methamphetamine January 30, 2019, heroin February 17, 2019 and cocaine July 25, 2019.

As part of a plea agreement, two of the three charges were dismissed.

A grand jury indicted Rodriguez three weeks after she was given a suspended sentence in Jasper County Circuit Court on a felony drug trafficking charge. The crimes cited in the federal indictment all allegedly took place during the time Rodriguez was awaiting trial on the Jasper County charge.

Jasper County Circuit Court Judge Dean Dankelson, following the plea agreement submitted by the Jasper County Prosecuting Attorney's office, suspended Rodriguez' sentence for selling a controlled substance on December 10, 2018, and placed her on supervised probation for five years.