SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that a woman living in Vivian was sentenced on Jan. 22, 2019 to 10 years in prison for distribution of methamphetamine in Shreveport.
Miranda Sierra, 42, of Vivian, Louisiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks Jr. on one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. She was also sentenced to 33 months of supervised release. According to the June 7, 2018 guilty plea, law enforcement agents conducted a controlled purchase of methamphetamine from Sierra on March 8, 2017, in Shreveport. She met the buyer at a gas station and sold 12.5 grams of methamphetamine. She told the buyer that she would soon travel to California to obtain more methamphetamine for the purpose of selling.
The DEA investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Allison D. Bushnell prosecuted the case.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
