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Arkansas Man Sentenced to More Than 11 years in Federal Prison for Methamphetamine Trafficking

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Arkansas

HOT SPRINGS – A Hot Springs man was sentenced yesterday to 140 months in Federal Prison for Possession of Methamphetamine with the Intent to Distribute.  The Honorable Chief Judge Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing hearings, which took place in the United States District Court in Hot Springs.

According to court records, on October 1, 2022, Cedric A. Mitchell, age 37, of Hot Springs, was a passenger in a white passenger vehicle stopped by the Hot Springs Police Department.  Mitchell was determined to be on parole with an active Arkansas Search Waiver on file. Mitchell was searched by Officers and located in his right front jacket pocket was 551 grams of Methamphetamine.

On September 13, 2024, Mitchell pleaded guilty to Possession of a more than five hundred grams of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute.

U.S. Attorney David Clay Fowlkes made the announcement.

The Hot Springs Police Department Special Investigation Division investigated the case.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Trent Daniels prosecuted the case for the United States.

Related court documents may be found on the Public Access to Electronic Records website at www.pacer.gov.

Contact

Contact: Charlie Robbins

Public Affairs Officer

Charlie.Robbins@usdoj.gov

Updated January 31, 2025