Ohio drug defendant says he's too young to be charged

COLUMBUS (AP) — A federal defendant in Ohio is arguing he can’t be charged with drug trafficking because he was a juvenile when he was arrested last year — not 30.

Federal prosecutors in Columbus say Rigoberto Gomez-Gomez told authorities he was 30 years old when he was arrested in August.

Prosecutors also say immigration and marriage records prove he was born in 1978.

But after he was indicted last month on charges of selling cocaine, marijuana and methamphetamine, Gomez-Gomez filed notice that he was 17 when arrested.

He provided a birth certificate and affidavits from people he says were present when he was born in Mexico in 1992.

He wants his case sent to juvenile court. U.S. District Court Judge Gregory Frost is expected to rule later this week.