A Sacramento woman has received a five-year prison sentence for her role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and heroin in Sacramento and Solano Counties, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced. Nancy Dalila Escobar Garcia, 35, entered into the conspiracy with her husband, who was incarcerated at the time for narcotics offenses and was sentenced after pleading guilty on May 21.
During her husband's state sentence at the Tulare County Jail, Nancy Garcia met with an FBI confidential informant on three separate occasions, selling a total of 4 pounds of methamphetamine. Accused, she negotiated a firearms sale which included participating in an illegal firearms transaction involving "ghost guns"—untraceable due to their lack of serialization—when she was present along with her husband, Michael Garcia, and a co-defendant, Tylor Combs, according to a statement obtained by the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Garcia also admitted to using drug proceeds to purchase a home in Arizona with her husband—a property now subject to U.S. forfeiture. Her involvement in the scheme extended to being present during the illegal sale of 10 firearms, which included the aforementioned machine gun.
The arrest and sentencing are part of comprehensive efforts to curb violent crime and gun violence through established programs like Project Safe Neighborhoods and Project Guardian. These initiatives aim to foster community trust, support community-based organizations to prevent violence, strategically prioritize enforcement, and measure outcomes to enhance safety in communities, the Justice Department asserts.
Co-defendant Tylor Combs previously pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of firearms and received a six-year and six-month prison sentence on Nov. 12, 2021. Meanwhile, Michael Garcia maintains a not-guilty plea and awaits trial in federal custody. His charges remain allegations, and he is presumed innocent until proven otherwise. The cases were investigated by the FBI's Solano County Violent Crimes Task Force and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, with coordinating assistance from the District of Arizona's U.S. Attorney's Office.
