Fayetteville, Arkansas – David Clay Fowlkes, Acting United
States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced today that
Tyler Dellinger, age 29, of Rogers, Arkansas, was sentenced to a total of 156
months in federal prison followed by 3 years of supervised release on one count
of Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance and one count of
Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime. The
Honorable Judge Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the
United States District Court in Fayetteville.
According to court records, on October 30, 2019, Arkansas
Probation and Parole Officers along with Special Agents and Task Force Officers
with the DEA, made contact with Dellinger after being advised that Dellinger
was attempting to distribute heroin in northwest Arkansas and that he had a
warrant out for his arrest. When the
officers made contact with Dellinger, he was in possession of approximately one
quarter pound of heroin, a stolen firearm with ammunition, drug paraphernalia,
and a small amount of methamphetamine. Dellinger advised officers that he
traveled out of state two or three times a week in order to obtain the heroin
and that he purchased the firearm recently for protection.
Dellinger was indicted by a federal grand jury in November
of 2019, and entered a guilty plea in February of 2020.
This case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement
Administration and Arkansas State Probation and Parole. Assistant United States
Attorney Kim Harris prosecuted the case for the Western District of Arkansas.
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