D’Iberville, Miss. — Travis Lee Fulgham, 24, was hit with an 87-month federal prison sentence yesterday for possession of oxycodone with intent to distribute, a conviction rooted in a family-run pill pipeline that drained medication from a local pharmacy.
U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr. handed down the sentence, followed by three years of supervised release, after Fulgham admitted his role in the illicit scheme. The court also ordered him to pay $20,000 in restitution — a sum reflecting the damage done to public health and institutional trust.
Fulgham pleaded guilty on September 12, 2017, admitting he distributed prescription narcotics stolen by his mother, Carla Fulgham, who worked as a pharmacy technician at Back Bay Pharmacy. She allegedly siphoned pills from inventory, handing them off to her son for street-level distribution.
The operation unraveled under the scrutiny of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Tactical Diversion Squad, which targets the illegal movement of controlled substances from licensed facilities into underground markets. Investigators traced the flow of oxycodone from pharmacy shelves to the hands of users and abusers across the Gulfport area.
Assistant U.S. Attorney John Meynardie prosecuted the case, underscoring the federal crackdown on insider theft from medical institutions. “When healthcare workers betray their positions to feed drug markets, they don’t just break the law — they endanger lives,” said U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst in a statement.
DEA Special Agent in Charge Stephen G. Azzam emphasized that the sentence sends a message: “Pill mills may be fading, but we’re still coming after the networks that move prescription drugs like currency. This was a family affair — and now it’s a federal record.”
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Key Facts
- State: Mississippi
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: Official Source ↗
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