SALT LAKE CITY — A 20-year-old known gang member was sentenced last week to 20 years in prison for attempting to traffic cocaine.

Gregorio Tabarez-Hernandez, aka “Trigger,” 20, of Sandy, is a member of the criminal street gang, Florencia 13. He pleaded guilty in September to possessing cocaine with the intent to distribute and possessing a machine gun.

On Nov. 25, U.S. District Court Judge David Barlow sentenced him to 15 years in prison for the drug charge and a consecutive five-year term for the gun charge, plus three years of probation.

The charges stem from an October 2023 search warrant conducted at his residence, where investigators located cocaine, $23,000 in cash and two firearms. One of the firearms was a “Glock 22 .40 caliber handgun equipped with a machine gun conversion devi

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