PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Two Texas men were sentenced to federal prison on Thursday for their role in a conspiracy to disguise themselves as Drug Enforcement Administration agents and steal marijuana from a Southern Oregon home in 2022.

The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon announced 24-year-old Jose Manuel Lopez was sentenced to over five years in federal prison with four years’ supervised release, while 23-year-old Juan Carlos Conchas was sentenced to three years in prison and four years’ supervised release. Both will jointly pay restitution to the victim, authorities said.

According to court documents, on March 12, 2022, Josephine County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a rural address after reports of an armed robbery in progress.

On the scene, deputies

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