Jonathan D. Ross U.S. Attorney | U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas
Aaron Lynn Parks was sentenced on Apr. 28 to 156 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, according to an announcement by Jonathan D. Ross, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas. The sentence was handed down by United States District Judge Brian S. Miller.
Parks, age 43 and from Morrilton, pleaded guilty in December to possessing with intent to distribute between 50 and 500 grams of a substance containing methamphetamine. In addition to the prison term, he received five years of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.
According to court documents, law enforcement officers attempted a traffic stop on July 11 after observing a vehicle without insurance. The driver, identified as Parks, fled from officers at a service station in Conway and ran into nearby woods while discarding a bag that was later found to contain over 440 grams of methamphetamine. Officers were unable to apprehend him immediately but identified him through vehicle registration and physical comparison with his driver's license photo.
Inside the impounded vehicle, police found two cell phones; one matched the number Parks had given his probation officer and contained communications about distributing methamphetamine. At the time of this offense, Parks was on supervised release following a previous federal drug conviction from December 2020 that resulted in a sentence of more than five years' imprisonment.
Parks has multiple prior convictions involving drugs and violent felonies and is classified as a career offender under federal law. His criminal history includes offenses related to cocaine possession, driving while intoxicated, marijuana distribution, and several counts involving delivery or possession with intent regarding methamphetamine or cocaine.
The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas prosecutes federal crimes and manages civil litigation for the United States according to its official website. The office partners with law enforcement agencies across its jurisdiction—which covers 41 counties organized into Northern, Central and Delta divisions—to promote community protection through victim assistance efforts as reported by its official site. Its primary office operates at 425 West Capitol Avenue in Little Rock according to its official website.
