A Denton man has been sentenced on March 31 to 10 years in federal prison for trafficking methamphetamine in the Eastern District of Texas, according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.
Brandon Lynn Hunter, age 41, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine. He was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Amos L. Mazzant, III.
Court records show that in 2021, Hunter was identified as a source of methamphetamine in the Denton area. A search of his residence in June 2021 led to the seizure of over 35 grams of methamphetamine and drug trafficking paraphernalia. Hunter admitted his involvement in a conspiracy responsible for distributing at least 45 kilograms of a substance containing methamphetamine within the Eastern District of Texas.
This case is part of the Homeland Security Task Force initiative established by Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion. The task force is described as "a whole-of-government partnership dedicated to eliminating criminal cartels, foreign gangs, transnational criminal organizations, and human smuggling and trafficking rings operating in the United States and abroad." According to officials, it places special emphasis on crimes involving children and uses all available tools "to prosecute and remove the most violent criminal aliens from the United States."
The investigation involved multiple agencies including the Drug Enforcement Administration; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; Denton Police Department; Pilot Point Police Department; Little Elm Police Department; Cooke County Sheriff’s Office; Denton County Sheriff’s Office; and Texas Department of Public Safety. Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew T. Johnson prosecuted this case.
