2nd suspect pleads guilty in Longmont drug dealing, human trafficking case

Boulder man, accused of selling drugs, coercing sex from minors, enters last minute guilty plea

BOULDER, Colo. (KDVR) — A 25-year-old man decided to make the plea on the day his trial was supposed to start. It is a case that shocked parents who found out their children were being sold drugs through social media apps. Seeing turkeys roaming around the Denver metro area? Here’s why Prosecutors considered the man who was supposed to go on trial, Mario Moreno, here kind of like a ringleader of a group that investigators said at first jus…

Man receives 50-year sentence in Longmont drug, human trafficking case

A man accepted a plea deal Monday and was sentenced to 50 years in prison for providing drugs to St. Vrain Valley School District students in exchange for money and sexual acts. Some of the students were as young as 14, according to court documents. Mario Moreno, 26, pleaded guilty to possessing a controlled substance and human trafficking of a minor as part of a deal. He was sentenced to 10 years on the controlled substance conviction, which wi…

2nd suspect pleads guilty in Longmont drug dealing, human trafficking case

Mario Moreno and two codefendants were accused of selling drugs to students attending various schools throughout the St. Vrain Valley School District.

Two men pleaded guilty to trafficking illegal drugs in Macon County - The Cherokee One Feather

District Attorney Ashley Hornsby Welch announced that two men in two separate cases in Macon County pleaded guilty recently to trafficking illegal drugs. Joshua Charles Schooler In the first case, Franklin resident Joshua Charles Schooler, 36, was sentenced in Macon County Superior Court for trafficking in methamphetamine. Superior Court Judge Nathan Poovey ordered Schooler to pay a mandatory $50,000 fine and serve a minimum active prison senten…

Mario Moreno Sentenced to 50 Years for Trafficking Minors and Distributing Drugs in Longmont

Moreno pleaded guilty to human trafficking and drug distribution involving minors at St. Vrain Valley schools; two co-defendants also face serious charges and sentences.