Fugitive Meth Dealer Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison
VICTORIA, Texas – A 43-year-old Rockport man has been sentenced for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and failure to appear, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge of the Houston Division Brian Leardo and U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
Daniel Wayne Dobbs pleaded guilty Aug. 20, 2025.
U.S. District Judge David S. Morales has now ordered Dobbs to serve 240 months in federal prison to be immediately followed by five years of supervised release.
The investigation began May 19, 2022, after law enforcement observed multiple traffic violations involving a Nissan Sentra. Dobbs was the passenger.
Authorities conducted a traffic stop, at which time Dobbs acknowledged there was marijuana inside the vehicle. Law enforcement conducted a search and discovered a black backpack containing six clear plastic bags of a crystal-like substance, syringes, a digital scale, and marijuana.
The bags tested positive for methamphetamine and had a total weight of over 3.4 kilograms.
Dobbs admitted to making many additional methamphetamine deliveries.
Dobbs was initially permitted release pending his sentencing hearing. While on bond, he was arrested with an additional kilogram of methamphetamine and a firearm and failed to appear for his sentencing. Authorities located him in San Antonio and took him into custody where he remains pending transfer to a Federal Bureau of Prisons facility to be determined in the near future.
The Drug Enforcement Administration, Victoria County Sheriff’s Office and U.S. Marshals Service conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Patti Hubert Booth prosecuted the case.
