Louisiana Meth Dealer Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

Louisiana Meth Dealer Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison
Louisiana – Dontrell Mathews, age 42, a resident of Thibodaux, Louisiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier to 120 months (10 years) imprisonment, three of supervised release, and a $100 mandatory special assessment fee after pleading guilty to a one-count superseding bill of information charging him with distribution of a quantity of methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(C), announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
According to court documents, on July 31, 2018, DEA Special Agents used a confidential source to make a controlled purchase of approximately 27 grams of methamphetamine from Mathews.
This prosecution is part of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force’s (OCDETF) extensive investigation. The OCDETF is the nation’s primary tool for disrupting and dismantling major drug trafficking organizations, targeting national and regional level drug trafficking organizations, and coordinating the necessary law enforcement entities and resources to disrupt or dismantle the targeted criminal organization and seize their assets.
The Drug Enforcement Administration, the Office of Homeland Security Investigations, the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office, and the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office all investigated this case. André Jones, an Assistant United States Attorney, was in charge of the prosecution.
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