Danny Trotter, Carla Stout, and Randi Black have been sentenced on Mar. 27 for their involvement in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Henry and Carroll counties, according to D. Michael Dunavant, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee.
The sentencing follows a law enforcement investigation that used controlled purchases, traffic stops, surveillance, and search warrants to determine that Stout supplied Trotter and Black with large quantities of methamphetamine for redistribution. All three individuals have previous histories involving the distribution of methamphetamine.
After pleading guilty to conspiring together to distribute more than 50 grams of actual methamphetamine, United States District Judge S. Thomas Anderson handed down the following sentences: Trotter received 120 months in prison with five years of supervised release; Stout was sentenced to 168 months in prison with five years of supervised release; Black received 72 months in prison with five years of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.
Dunavant said: “Drug trafficking offenses are at the root of some of the gravest problems facing our country. The ‘fruit’ of the drug plague is everywhere; it fills our streets, our jails, our hospitals, our morgues, and our nurseries. Federal law applies in every square inch of this district, and criminal conspiracies that distribute harmful drugs in our rural communities can no longer hide.”
The case was investigated by members from several agencies including the 24th Judicial District Drug Task Force as well as sheriff’s offices from Henry County and Carroll County, along with assistance from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Administration. Assistant United States Attorney Josh Morrow prosecuted this case.
