METH SENTENCE

A Bakersfield man has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison for possessing and trying to sell methamphetamine. Narcotics officers pulled over 56-year-old Jesus Ruiz in 2013 and a K-9 sniffed out six packages of the drug inside his car. Ruiz is a legal resident of the U.S. and may be deported when he leaves prison.

Kelli Forsch