Fayetteville Man Sentenced to Over 11 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking

Fayetteville, Arkansas – David Clay Fowlkes, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced today that Adam Lee Facundo, age 26, was sentenced to 140 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release on one count of Distribution of More Than 50 grams of Actual Methamphetamine. The Honorable Judge Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearings today in the United States District Court in Fayetteville.

In December of 2018, the Drug Enforcement Administration launched an investigation on Facundo for drug trafficking in the Western District of Arkansas.  In February of 2019, detectives with the Drug Enforcement Administration conducted a controlled purchase of methamphetamine from Facundo.

 The methamphetamine purchased was subsequently sent to the DEA laboratory in Miami and tested positive for 141 grams of pure methamphetamine.

Facundo was indicted by a federal grand jury in June of 2019 and entered a guilty plea in September of 2019. 

This case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration.  Assistant United States Attorney David Harris prosecuted the case for the Western District of Arkansas.