Jackson, Miss. - Keith Mullen, 46, of Jackson, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William H. Barbour, Jr. to 180 months in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and DEA Assistant Special Agent in Charge Derryle Smith. Mullen was also ordered to pay a $1,500.00 fine.
From November 2015 to February 2016, and while in federal prison, Mullen assisted co-conspirators in arranging the purchase and delivery of 30 kilograms of methamphetamine from a source of supply in Mexico. The drugs were intended for distribution in central Mississippi. The case is the result of an extensive investigation, dubbed ARock Bottom,@ which began as an operation targeting illegal narcotics distribution in central Mississippi that involved the distribution of cocaine, crack and methamphetamine.
The case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, and the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, with assistance from the Hinds County Sheriff’s Office, Ridgeland Police Department, Jackson Police Department, U.S. Marshals Service, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Mississippi Highway Patrol, Madison County Sheriff’s Office, Brandon Police Department, Rankin County Sheriff’s Office, Mississippi Department of Corrections, Pearl Police Department, Flowood Police Department, Customs and Border Patrol, and the DEA Houston Field Division. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Chris Wansley.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
