Four Defendants Sentenced to Federal Prison for Their Role in Distributing Methamphetamine

BOISE - U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced the sentences of four defendants who assisted each other in distributing methamphetamine in southern Idaho. Two of the defendants lived in eastern Oregon and traveled to Idaho to help conduct a drug transaction.

According to court records, beginning in 2023, Aaron Wesley Newman, 58, of Boise, sold controlled substances to another person on three separate occasions. During the last transaction, investigators identified three other individuals who aided Newman in distributing the methamphetamine. Jessica Leticia Cuevas, 39, of Nyssa, Oregon obtained payment from Newman for the drugs. Selena N. Medrano, 30, of Ontario, Oregon supplied the methamphetamine to Newman. Clark Christopher Brown, 44, of Boise, helped Newman weigh and package the methamphetamine before distribution.

Senior U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill sentenced Newman to 156 months in federal prison. Newman was also ordered to complete five years of supervised release following his prison sentence.

Judge Winmill previously sentenced Newman's codefendants to prison. On October 28, 2025, he sentenced Brown to 77 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release and sentenced Medrano to 29 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. On November 13, 2025, he sentenced Cuevas to 12 months and one day in prison followed by three years of supervised release.

U.S. Attorney Davis commended the work of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Nampa Police Department, Idaho State Police, Idaho Department of Corrections Probation & Parole, Nyssa Police Department, and High Desert Drug Task Force, which led to the charges.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher A. Booker prosecuted the case.

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