Parker County Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Role in Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy

FORT WORTH, Texas — Gary Howard, 35, most recently of Weatherford, Texas, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor to 240 months in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.

Howard pleaded guilty in July 2015 to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute at least 50 grams of methamphetamine.

According to documents filed in the case, since 2014, Howard and other co-defendants received multi-ounce and pound quantities of methamphetamine on consignment.  In turn, Howard distributed the methamphetamine to various customers in the Dallas, Fort Worth and North Richland Hills, Texas areas, returning to his supplier for additional methamphetamine to distribute.

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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