Jackson, Miss - Princess Grace, a/k/a Princess Rutley, 36 of Meridian, was sentenced on June 25, 2015 by U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III to 36 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute actual methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and DEA Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown.
Stacy Shelwood, 36, of Newton, was sentenced on June 26, 2015 by U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III to 63 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute actual methamphetamine.
Both defendandants were indicted and convicted as a result of DEA’s "Operation Yeti Ice", an extensive Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) investigation, which began as an operation targeting illegal narcotics distribution in central Mississippi. The drug network involved the distribution of over 100 Kilograms of Methamphetamine and encompassed the states of California and Mississippi.
This OCDETF operation was led by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics with assistance from the U.S. Marshal Service, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, U.S. Postal Service, Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation, Scott County Sheriff’s Office, Leake County Sherriff’s Office, Madison County Sherriff’s Office, Carthage Police Department, Forest Police Department, Newton County Sherriff’s Office, Lauderdale County Sherriff’s Office, Decatur Police Department, Richland Police Department, Pearl Police Department, Ridgeland Police Department, and the Jackson Police Department. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Erin Chalk.
The OCDETF program is a joint federal, state and local cooperative approach to combat drug trafficking and is the nation’s primary tool for disrupting and dismantling major drug trafficking organizations, targeting national and regional level drug trafficking organizations, and coordinating the necessary law enforcement entities and resources to disrupt or dismantle the targeted criminal organization and seize their assets.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
