Hot Springs Woman Sentenced to Over Seven Years in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking

            Hot Springs - Kenneth Elser, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Susan Marie Sheets, age 42, of Hot Springs, was sentenced this week to 87 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Distribution of Methamphetamine. The Honorable Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Hot Springs.

            According to court records, on or about October 16, 2013, law enforcement conducted a controlled purchase of $2,400 worth of methamphetamine from Sheets that occurred at her residence in Hot Springs, Arkansas. 

            This case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the 18^th Judicial District East Drug Task Force.  Assistant United States Attorneys Aaron Jennen and David Harris prosecuted the case for the United States.

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