SAN JOSE — A neighborhood resident was sentenced to 14 months in federal jail for making an attempt to move 15,000 fentanyl drugs from Lengthy Seashore again to the Bay Space, courtroom information present.
Kasra Saadiyeh, 29, pleaded responsible to conspiracy and intent to distribute fentanyl, stemming from a June 9, 2023 drug bust in Gilroy. Prosecutors say Saadiyeh organized to accumulate drugs containing fentanyl from a Southern California man named Daniel Ruiz-Morales, whom he’d made related purchases from earlier than.
The boys didn’t comprehend it, however their telephones have been being wiretapped by federal authorities, who relayed info to Lengthy Seashore police. A K9 officer pulled Saadiyeh over however was unable to search out the medication, regardless of Saadiyeh “freezing in fear” in the course of the search. Lastly, a number of hours later, a California Freeway Patrol officer pulled Saadiyeh over in Gilroy and located the drugs, thanks in no small half to Saadiyeh having talked about to Ruiz-Morales the place they’d been stashed, a communication that was intercepted on the wiretap, in response to courtroom information.
Ruiz-Morales was sentenced final December to 25 months in jail, courtroom information present. Prosecutors requested for a 53-month jail time period for Saadiyeh, however his lawyer argued that it will be higher if he was despatched to deal with arrest adopted by supervised launch with a “strict curfew” as an alternative.
“Since his release from pretrial custody, (Saadiyeh) has demonstrated extraordinary post-offense rehabilitation which both eradicated the roots of his criminal behavior and provide assurance that he will now continue to live a law-abiding life … and caring for his seriously ill mother,” a protection sentencing memo says.
Senior U.S. District Decide Edward Davila imposed the 14-month jail time period earlier this month, together with a non-binding advice he be sentenced to a “camp” in Santa Clara County. The sentencing order provides Saadiyeh till subsequent March to report back to jail.
Initially Printed: October 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM PDT
