North Texas convicted felon sentenced to 25 years in federal prison on methamphetamine distribution conspiracy conviction

FORT WORTH, Texas — A North Texas convicted felon who pleaded guilty to his role in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in federal prison.

This sentenced was announced by U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.

This case was investigated by the following agencies:  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations; Drug Enforcement Administration; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; and the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Jerry Curry, 47, of Haltom City, Texas, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor to 300 months in federal prison.  Curry pleaded guilty in July to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine.  He has been in federal custody since his arrest in June on an indictment that charged him and 27 others with various offenses stemming from their roles in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy.  Most of the defendants have pleaded guilty and are awaiting sentencing.

According to documents filed in the case, since about 2014, Curry and other co-defendants received ounce and multi-ounce quantities of methamphetamine on consignment from a supplier co-defendant.  In turn, Curry and the others distributed methamphetamine to various customers in the Fort Worth area, returning to this supplier for additional methamphetamine.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Shawn Smith, Northern District of Texas, prosecuted this case.