St. Paul meth trafficker gets 10-year federal sentence
Rodolfo Rebollar-Gonzalez, 29, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison in St. Paul on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026, after pleading guilty to meth trafficking.[1]
He received a 120-month federal term and had pleaded guilty on April 24.[1] Court documents and prosecutors say he was in the United States illegally while committing the offenses.[1]
A Nov. 21, 2023 search of his St. Paul apartment found roughly nine pounds of methamphetamine, about two pounds of marijuana and two loaded 9mm magazines.[1] A 9mm pistol and a loaded magazine were seized from his car the next day.[1] Investigators with the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Hennepin County Sheriff's West Metro Drug Task Force first identified him in 2023 as part of a broader trafficking probe.[1] In February and March 2025 he allegedly sold about a pound of meth on two occasions, including one sale to an undercover DEA agent.[1] He was arrested March 24, 2025 with about a pound of cocaine and a digital scale in his backpack.[1]
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- Defendant: Rodolfo Rebollar-Gonzalez, 29, sentenced August 25, 2026 to 120 months in federal prison after pleading guilty on April 24.
- Nov. 21, 2023 search of his St. Paul apartment found roughly nine pounds of methamphetamine, about two pounds of marijuana, and two loaded 9mm magazines; a 9mm pistol and loaded magazine were seized from his car the next day.
- In February and March 2025 he allegedly sold about a pound of meth on two occasions, including to an undercover DEA agent, and was arrested March 24, 2025 with about a pound of cocaine and a digital scale in his backpack.
- Court documents and prosecutors say he was in the U.S. illegally while committing the offenses.
- Investigation involved the DEA and Hennepin County Sheriff’s West Metro Drug Task Force, which first identified him in 2023 as part of a broader drug-trafficking probe.
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