Debra Ellen Hulsey, Methamphetamine Trafficking, Arkansas 2021

Hot Springs Woman Sentenced to 7 Years in Federal Prison for Methamphetamine Trafficking

HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS – Debra Ellen Hulsey, a 48-year-old Hot Springs woman, was sentenced to 84 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine.

The sentencing hearing took place on Today in the U.S. District Court in Hot Springs, presided over by the Honorable Chief Judge Susan O. Hickey.

According to court documents, Debra Ellen Hulsey was identified by law enforcement as distributing methamphetamine in the Hot Springs, Arkansas area. Between August 2020 and January 2021, investigators conducted multiple controlled purchases of methamphetamine from Hulsey.

On March 19, 2021, a search warrant was executed at Hulsey’s residence. The search resulted in investigators locating approximately 17.7 grams of a mixture or substance that field tested positive for methamphetamine and nine (9) firearms.

Hulsey was arrested and interviewed at the Hot Springs Police Department. She stated that she first began distributing methamphetamine around 2007 and that she had been distributing, on-average, approximately three (3) to four (4) pounds of methamphetamine per week for the last year prior to her arrest.

The methamphetamine seized and purchased was subsequently submitted to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) laboratory for additional testing.

U.S. Attorney David Clay Fowlkes of the Western District of Arkansas made the announcement.

The Hot Springs Police Department, the 18th East Judicial District Drug Task Force, the Drug Enforcement Administration, Homeland Security Investigations Little Rock, and the 18th East Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney’s Office investigated the case.

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Trent Daniels and Assistant U.S. Attorney Bryan Achorn prosecuted the case.

This case was prosecuted as part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and make our neighborhoods safer for everyone.

This effort is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) operation. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level criminal organizations that threaten the United States using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach.

Additional information about the OCDETF Program can be found at https://www.justice.gov/OCDETF.

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