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\"\"Federal charges were filed against a Dallas-area man for his role in selling the heroin that caused a young woman\u2019s overdose death at a McDonald\u2019s restaurant in Farmers Branch in June 2016, federal officials announced Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Two other men were charged by<\/span>\u00a0federal criminal complaints stemming from their trafficking of illegal narcotics, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTragically, heroin deaths like this are not isolated events anymore,\u201d said U.S. Attorney John Parker.\u00a0 \u201cWe obviously can\u2019t bring this life back, but we can, together with our state and local partners, bring the full weight of law enforcement to bear on finding and prosecuting those who sell this poison.\u00a0 We will find you.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Specifically, the complaint charges Rogelio Bernal, 20, of Dallas, and<\/span>\u00a0Zachariah Michael Wolf, 29, of Greenville, Texas, with conspiracy to distribute heroin in November of 2016, and separately charges Bernal with conspiracy to distribute heroin in June of 2016.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The penalty for the offenses charged in these criminal complaints is not more than 20 years in federal prison and a $1 million fine, according to authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a separate complaint, Steven Gomez, 18, of Dallas, Texas, was charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine on March 9, 2017, after having been found sharing a residence with Rogelio Bernal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Gomez made his initial appearance in federal court on March 9, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Renee Harris Toliver who ordered that he remain in custody pending trial.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the affidavit filed against\u00a0Bernal and Wolf, on Nov. 9,<\/span>investigators learned that Bernal distributed heroin in the Farmers Branch, Texas, area.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Bernal had been the source of supply of heroin in the area since at least April 2016,<\/span>\u00a0and supplied Nancy Pineda, who was previously charged in a separate complaint\u00a0<\/span>for her role in the conspiracy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Investigators discovered Bernal had several text conversations with co-conspirators coordinating meetings to conduct illegal drug transactions.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Nov.17, \u00a0Farmers Branch Police Department observed Bernal arrive at a shopping center parking lot in Dallas, Texas.\u00a0 Officers observed a white male get into the front passenger seat of Bernal\u2019s vehicle.\u00a0 The white male was later identified as Wolf.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Approximately five to ten minutes later, Wolf exited Bernal\u2019s vehicle and Bernal departed the location.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the early morning hours of Nov. 18, \u00a0a Greenville Police officer observed a green 1994 Chrysler Concord, traveling east on Templeton Street in Greenville, Texas.\u00a0 The vehicle was stopped after committing multiple traffic violations, and the driver was identified as Wolf.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Wolf was eventually arrested and the Greenville Police Department located a safe in the vehicle containing digital scale, several small clear zip lock style baggies, a syringe, a spoon with possible heroin residue, Suboxone sublingual packs, a half pill of alprazolam, a plastic baggie containing suspected cocaine, a plastic baggie containing suspected methamphetamine, and a plastic baggie containing suspected heroin.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Texas Department of Public Safety Laboratory Analysis of the drugs seized from the safe revealed 11.20 gross grams of heroin and 1.77 gross grams of methamphetamine.\u00a0 Two glass pipes, a wooden stick, and 50 packaged syringes were also found in the vehicle.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the affidavit filed with the Gomez complaint, a federal search warrant was executed on March 9, 2017, at the residence of Bernal and Gomez.\u00a0 A search of Gomez\u2019s room revealed a number of weapons, crack cocaine, and methamphetamine.<\/span><\/p>\n

Specifically, 490 gross grams of crack cocaine, 2,036 gross grams of suspected methamphetamine, and multiple firearms were located.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The defendants are presumed innocent unless he is found guilty. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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