EUGENE, Ore. — A Springfield man has been sentenced to more than four years in federal prison for his role in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon announced Wednesday.
Robert Eugene Josh Jr., 65, was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release. U.S. District Court also ordered that 25 months of the federal sentence be served consecutively to a separate state prison sentence.
According to court documents, Josh Jr. possessed nearly three pounds of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it in January 2024. Later that month, Eugene Police officers stopped his vehicle as part of a larger federal and state drug investigation and discovered the methamphetamine.
Investigators said Josh Jr. admitted he had purchased the drugs, was acting as a middleman, and intended to sell them to another person for a profit.
Authorities also linked Josh Jr. to a shooting stemming from a drug deal that went bad. He was later convicted in Marion County Circuit Court of first-degree attempted assault and unlawful use of a weapon. He received a 60-month prison sentence in that case.
Josh Jr. pleaded guilty on May 5, 2026, to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
A federal grand jury in Eugene returned an indictment on June 20, 2024, charging Josh Jr. with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
The investigation was led by the Drug Enforcement Administration with assistance from the Eugene Police Department and the Springfield Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeff Sweet prosecuted the case.
Federal prosecutors said the case was part of Project Safe Neighborhoods, a nationwide initiative that brings together federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies with community organizations to reduce violent crime and gun violence through targeted enforcement and community-based prevention efforts.
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