At a recent sentencing hearing, 39-year old Jason Robert Lloyd was sentenced to 32-84 months in prison and a $2,000 fine for trafficking methamphetamine through Humboldt County, with 141 days credit for time served.
Lloyd was originally arrested on December 31, 2019, on multiple charges including fugitive from justice, possession of a controlled substance – methamphetamine, trafficking a schedule one controlled substance, possession of paraphernalia and suspended registration with a bail of $275,995.
Lloyd pleaded guilty of trafficking in a controlled substance level II at a February 12 arraignment hearing in Sixth Judicial District Court, admitting to illegally possessing between 14 and 28 grams of methamphetamine, a schedule one controlled substance in Humboldt County on Dec. 31.
During the hearing, Lloyd’s legal representative, Kale Brock, reviewed some of Lloyd’s proactive accomplishments in the 141 days he had been incarcerated in Humboldt County. Lloyd had made some progress in losing weight and had obtained multiple certifications.
“A lot of people in jail spend their time blaming everyone else, blaming the situation, blaming the world for the problem that they found themselves in,” said Brock. “Mr. Lloyd presents himself differently because he understands what happened and everyone wishes they had a time machine to go back, all he has is the time that he’s been presented now and he’s used that to the best of his abilities to improve his situation and to become a better person.”
The state recommended 32-84 months in prison in accordance with the department of parole and probation’s recommendation given in the pre-sentence investigation report.
“I want to say thank you, thank you for catching me, thank you for being here. I’ve tried everything I can to possibly help and I fell down in life and I fell hard, but I’ve been picked up by some of the most wonderful people and the most wonderful, kindest community I’ve met,” said Lloyd. “I have kids to take care of, I have a fiance that’s sick, I have family that needs me but right now I need to learn to fix myself and be there for me.”
Lloyd has no ties to the Winnemucca area and reportedly worked in California and traveled to Idaho where his wife lived. Lloyd faced a 2-15 year prison sentence for the charge and a $100,000 fine.
A motion was filed as a request to reduce Lloyd’s sentence on the basis that he provided substantial assistance to investigators, however, the court determined that substantial assistance had not been provided in the matter and was not eligible for a sentence reduction or suspension.
Lloyd was also ordered to pay a $153 DNA collection and analysis fee, $25 administrative assessment fee and $60 forensic fee.
“Good luck to you, I applaud you for the work you’re doing while in custody to improve your life,” said Montero. “The court is very limited in this type of sentencing after finding that the substantial assistance was not rendered useful, so good luck with carrying out your sentence.”
