(PUEBLO, Colo.) — A 51-year-old man from Pueblo was charged and convicted of drug, felon in possession charges after being caught with methamphetamine. In May 2023, Dominick Jesus Salazar, 51, was arrested outside of a Pueblo hotel room where he was staying after the Pueblo Police Department (PPD) observed him interact with multiple people in a manner consistent with hand-to-hand drug sales. When police arrested Salazar, he had a loaded pistol in his pocket along with drug proceeds, and inside his hotel room police found 184 grams of 98% pure meth. “We will do our best to send convicted felons who continue to repeat their criminal behavior back to prison,” said Acting United States Attorney for the District of Colorado Matt Kirsch. “Our communities are safer with two more repeat offenders off the streets.” This case is a part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime, and gun violence and to make neighborhoods safer. Salazar was convicted by a federal court on one count of being a felon or possession of a firearm and ammunition and one count of possession with intent to distribute 50 grams and more of methamphetamine.