Thomas Jerome Mitchell, Methamphetamine Trafficking, Mississippi 2023

Natchez, MS Man and Wife Sentenced for Methamphetamine Trafficking

A Victorville, California man and his wife were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge David C. Bramlette, III, for their participation in an interstate drug trafficking operation distributing kilogram quantities of illegal drugs in the Natchez, MS area from 2016 through 2018.

Thomas Jerome Mitchell, 37, and Justine Chambers, 32, were indicted by a federal grand jury and subsequently pled guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Mitchell was sentenced today to 66 months in federal prison and Chambers was sentenced to 38 months.

According to court documents, Mitchell and Chambers conspired with Wesley Bell, of Natchez, Jimmie Lee Swearengen, Jr., of Mesquite, TX, and Arthur Wilson, of Moreno Valley, CA, to distribute kilogram quantities of methamphetamine in the Natchez area. Swearengen was separately sentenced today to 90 months in prison for his participation in drug trafficking operations in the Natchez area.

This case is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) operation, which identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs, and transnational criminal organizations that threaten the United States.

The OCDETF case is the result of an extensive investigation targeting illegal narcotics distribution by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force in Atlanta, GA, the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, the Adams County Sheriff’s Office, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Mississippi Highway Patrol, and the Pearl Police Department.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Carla J. Clark prosecuted these cases.

Mitchell and Chambers’ crimes were a threat to the community, and their sentences reflect the severity of their actions. The OCDETF operation will continue to work to dismantle organized crime groups and bring those responsible to justice.

Defendant: Thomas Jerome Mitchell

Criminal Charges: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine

City and State: Natchez, Mississippi

Date: February 2023

Sentence: 66 months in federal prison

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