A Las Vegas man with a long and violent criminal history including 10 domestic violence convictions was sentenced on Wednesday to seven years in federal prison after a jury convicted him on a meth charge, federal prosecutors said.

Damien Patillo, 41, of Las Vegas, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Miranda M. Du to 84 months in prison, followed by four years of supervised release after he was found guilty of possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute.

In January, a federal jury convicted Patillo after a four-day trial. He was found to have been in possession of 16 grams of pure methamphetamine in September of 2021, prosecutors said. The prosecution emphasized what they said was Patillo’s extensive criminal history, which includes 38 convictions — 10 for domestic violen

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