Hattiesburg Woman Sentenced to 4 Years in Federal Prison for Methamphetamine Trafficking

Hattiesburg, Miss. – Lydia Walters, 34, of Hattiesburg, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett to 48 months in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst, Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and Special Agent in Charge Brad Byerley with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).  Walters was also ordered to pay a $5,000 fine.

Beginning in July 2016, ATF agents received information that Adrian Parker was distributing ounce quantities of methamphetamine at an apartment complex in Hattiesburg.  On October 17, 2016, a confidential informant purchased 13.19 grams of methamphetamine from Parker at an apartment in Hattiesburg. 

Further investigation revealed that Parker’s girlfriend, Lydia Walters, was also involved in distributing methamphetamine.  On December 22, 2016, a DEA confidential informant purchased 17.3 grams of methamphetamine from Walters in the parking lot of a business on Highway 49 in Hattiesburg. 

Walters was subsequently indicted for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and pled guilty before Judge Starrett on June 6, 2019.

Adrian Parker was indicted for his role and pled guilty before Judge Starrett to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine on July 1, 2019.  He will be sentenced by Judge Starrett on October 2, 2019 at 10:00 a.m.

The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Drug Enforcement Administration.  It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Shundral H. Cole.