Haltom City, Texas, Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Role in Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy

FORT WORTH, Texas — A Haltom City, Texas, man, Nathan Bryant Cooper, 36, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor to 120 months in federal prison terms for his role in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.

Cooper has been in custody since his arrest in September 2015 on a related federal criminal complaint.  He pleaded guilty in November 2015 to one count of conspiracy to possess methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. 

Last month, several co-conspirators in the case received lengthy federal prison sentences:

     Winfred Morgan Trammel, 39, of Breckenridge, Texas, 262 months
     Larry Hawkins, 59, of Wichita Falls, Texas, 180 months
     Jackie Lynn Watters, 50, of Fort Worth, Texas, 180 months
     Matthew Rutledge, 33, of Fort Worth, Texas, 324 months
     Joel Prickett, 37, of Fort Worth, Texas, 160 months 

A total of 29 defendants were charged in the case; 28 have been convicted, and most of those have been sentenced. 

The Drug Enforcement Administration, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Fort Worth Police Department investigated the case.  Assistant U.S. Attorney Shawn Smith was in charge of the prosecution. 

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