Father & son sentenced to federal prison for dealing drugs

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A father and son were sentenced in U.S. District Court to serve 24 years and eight years in prison, respectively, for trafficking multiple kilograms of methamphetamine.

Eric Dewayne Turner, Jr., 33, was sentenced in federal court today to 97 months in prison. His father, Eric Dewayne Turner, Sr., 50, was sentenced in federal court on Jan. 16 to 290 months in prison.

Turner, Sr. led a drug trafficking organization and sold large quantities of methamphetamine to undercover agents on four occasions. These controlled purchases, plus a fifth transaction that was not completed, involved nearly eight kilograms of pure methamphetamine.

Turner, Sr. pleaded guilty in May 2023 to the six counts with which he was charged in a bill of information.

He admitted his guilt to four counts of distributing methamphetamine, one count of possessing with intent to distribute the drug and one count of illegally possessing a firearm after a prior felony conviction.

Turner, Jr. conspired with his father and others from September 2022 through January 2023 to distribute and possess with intent to distribute the narcotics. Turner, Jr. personally participated in two of the drug transactions, transporting packages of methamphetamine for his father to sell to the undercover agents. 

When the son was arrested, he possessed more than $16,000 in suspected drug trafficking proceeds.

Kenneth L. Parker, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio; and Orville O. Greene, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Detroit Division; announced the sentences imposed by U.S. District Court Judge Michael H. Watson. Deputy Criminal Chief Brian J. Martinez is representing the United States in this case.

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