Fayetteville, Arkansas – David Clay Fowlkes, Acting United
States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Donald
Whitaker, age 35 of Sulphur Springs, AR was sentenced today to 150 months in
federal prison followed by 5 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 hearing today in the
United States District Court in Fayetteville.
According to court records in June of 2019, the Drug
Enforcement Administration initiated an investigation into Whitaker for drug
trafficking offenses in the Western District of Arkansas. On August 13, 2019, investigators conducted a
controlled purchase of approximately three ounces of methamphetamine from
Whitaker. The substance purchased from
Whitaker was submitted to the DEA laboratory and tested positive for 92.7 grams
of actual methamphetamine.
Whitaker 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. Assistant United States Attorney Amy Driver prosecuted the case
for the Western District of Arkansas.
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