FORT WORTH, Texas — Three Fort Worth, Texas, residents have been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor to lengthy federal prison sentences for their roles in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
Michael Bentley, 34, Jessica Judge, 35, and Billy Bullitt, 45, were sentenced on Monday to 200 months, 180 months, and 121 months, respectively, in federal prison. Each pleaded guilty this past summer to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine.
According to documents filed in the case, Bentley, Judge and Bullitt received ounce and multi-ounce quantities of methamphetamine on consignment from others, and in turn, they distributed it to customers in Wichita Falls, Texas, North Richland Hills, Texas, and Fort Worth returning to their suppliers for additional methamphetamine to distribute.
The Drug Enforcement Administration, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Fort Worth Police Department investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Shawn Smith was in charge of the prosecution.
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