Jason C. Russell, Meth Trafficking, Missouri 2021

A Joplin man was sentenced to 24 years and four months in federal prison without parole for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Newton County, Missouri.

Jason C. Russell, 34, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool on February 24, 2021, after pleading guilty to one count of participating in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Newton County from April 17, 2019, to February 24, 2021.

According to court documents, multiple law enforcement agencies were investigating Russell and had identified several messages on his Facebook account related to drug distribution going back to early 2019.

On February 24, 2021, Russell and co-defendant Brittany J. Adcock, 30, of Springfield, Missouri, were arrested when an officer with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol stopped a 2012 GMC Sierra pick-up in which they were passengers on Interstate 44 near Vinita, Oklahoma.

Officers searched the vehicle and found a large black bag in the back seat of the truck and a smaller bag in the front of the truck that contained a total of approximately two pounds of methamphetamine.

Russell has a history of violent and drug-related crimes, according to court documents. In April 2018, he fled at speeds up to 130 miles an hour from an officer who tried to stop him because his motorcycle had no plates. In July 2019, he shared a video online of himself assaulting someone and threatening that person with a firearm. Russell also has two previous convictions for domestic assault in the second degree and another conviction for assault in the second degree.

This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Josephine L. Stockard. It was investigated by the FBI, the Ozarks Drug Enforcement Team, the Newton County, Missouri, Sheriff’s Department, and the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.

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