WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Today, two drug traffickers were sentenced to prison for distributing methamphetamine and fentanyl in Gastonia, North Carolina, announced Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Jesus Rubio, 33, and John Joseph Carl Hay, III, 51, both of Gastonia, were sentenced to 200 months and 120 months in prison respectively, and were ordered to a period of supervised release. Rubio was also ordered to serve an additional 14 months for violating court ordered supervision.

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