Leslie Fryar, Methamphetamine Trafficking, Arkansas 2017

A 42-year-old woman from Amity, Arkansas, has been sentenced to nearly seven and a half years in federal prison for her role in a methamphetamine trafficking operation.

Leslie Fryar was sentenced to 87 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. The Honorable Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Hot Springs.

According to court records, investigators with the 18th East Judicial Drug Task Force, Arkansas State Police, and Department of Homeland Security began investigating Fryar for the distribution of methamphetamine within Garland County, Arkansas in October 2016.

In March 2017, Arkansas State Police conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle driven by Fryar, and law enforcement found a plastic bag in the glove compartment containing approximately 115.5 grams of suspected methamphetamine.

Fryar was subsequently arrested, and the suspected methamphetamine was submitted to the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory for analysis. It was determined to be 109.94 grams of actual methamphetamine.

Fryar was indicted by a federal grand jury in April 2017 and entered a guilty plea in November 2017.

This case was investigated by the 18th East Judicial Drug Task Force, the Arkansas State Police, and the Department of Homeland Security. Assistant United States Attorney David Harris prosecuted the case for the United States.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdar/pr/amity-woman-sentenced-over-7-years-federal-prison-drug-trafficking