Stacy Childs, Methamphetamine Trafficking, Arkansas 2023

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Stacy Childs, a 33-year-old Hot Springs man, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for his role in a major methamphetamine trafficking operation.

According to court documents, on March 15, 2023, Childs was stopped by Special Agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Hot Springs Police Department, Special Investigations Division, after he delivered fentanyl to another individual. A search of the vehicle yielded a total of 3,416.15 grams, or approximately 7.53 pounds, of pure methamphetamine, the bulk of which was concealed in a compartment underneath the center console of the vehicle.

Childs was arrested on a Federal Complaint and later indicted by a Grand Jury seated in the Western District of Arkansas. U.S. Attorney David Clay Fowlkes of the Western District of Arkansas made the announcement.

The Drug Enforcement Administration and the Hot Springs Police Department, Special Investigations Division, investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Bryan Achorn prosecuted the case.

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.

Childs was sentenced to 240 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release on one count of Possession with the Intent to Distribute of More Than Fifty Grams of Actual Methamphetamine. The Honorable Judge Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Hot Springs.

The case is a significant blow to methamphetamine trafficking in the Western District of Arkansas. The sentence handed down to Childs serves as a reminder that law enforcement and prosecutors are committed to disrupting and dismantling these operations.