SAN FRANCISCO—On October 15, the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office disclosed that a conviction of Francisco Maradiaga, 31, was obtained after a trial by jury for drug dealing in the Tenderloin District. He was convicted of three counts of solicitation of a minor to sell narcotics and three counts of possession for sale or purchase of narcotics – fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine.

According to testimony and other evidence presented at trial, on March 13, the San Francisco Police Department was conducting a narcotics spotting operation in the area of O’Farrell Street and Hyde Street around 4 p.m. when Maradiaga, was spotted leaning against a parked car next to a 15-year-old minor. Officers observed the defendant and the minor conduct a hand-to-hand narcotics transaction. SFPD Pla

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