LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A Little Rock man will spend more than 16 years in federal prison for being one of the leaders of a large-scale methamphetamine ring.
Brian I. Wilson, 37, along with 36-year-old Adan Mendoza of Dallas, received a 200-month sentence in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas.
The two had pleaded guilty in March to their part of a 20-count nine-defendant indictment returned by a federal grand jury in 2022.
As part of their plea, each man was held responsible for distributing 5-15 kilograms of methamphetamine, which carries a 10-year minimum sentence under federal law.
Each man was also assigned five years of supervised release after completing their prison term. There is no parole in the federal prison syst...