Shaun Dougherty, Methamphetamine Trafficking, Mississippi 2022

A 37-year-old man from the Pearl River Community of the Choctaw Indian Reservation in Mississippi is behind bars after being sentenced to 57 months in prison for his role in a methamphetamine trafficking ring.

According to court documents, Shaun Dougherty distributed methamphetamine on the Choctaw Indian Reservation from May 2019 to April 2020.

In July of 2021, a federal grand jury returned an indictment against Dougherty charging him with possession and distribution of methamphetamine on the Choctaw Indian Reservation.

On August 31, 2022, Dougherty entered a guilty plea to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine.

The case was investigated by the Choctaw Police Department of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, the U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Drug Enforcement Administration.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Kevin J. Payne and Special Assistant United States Attorney Brian Burns.

Dougherty was sentenced to a prison term of 57 months to be followed by five years of supervised release.

Shaun Dougherty, 37, of the Pearl River Community of the Choctaw Indian Reservation, was sentenced to 57 months in prison for Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine on the Choctaw Indian Reservation.

The exact criminal charges against Shaun Dougherty include Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine on the Choctaw Indian Reservation.

The case took place in Jackson, Mississippi.

The exact date of Shaun Dougherty's sentencing was not provided.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdms/pr/pearl-river-man-sentenced-drug-trafficking