The Brief
- A Little Elm man was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for leading a ring that used drones to drop meth and cellphones into Texas prisons.
- Tyler Joseph Gatten, 33, pleaded guilty to smuggling drugs that prosecutors say were resold to inmates by a white supremacist gang.
- While awaiting trial, Gatten was also indicted in a separate scheme involving drug-soaked paper disguised as legal mail.
PLANO, Texas – A Little Elm man was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to what federal prosecutors describe as a conspiracy involving drones used to drop methamphetamine and cellphones at a Texas prison.
Texas prison drone drug smuggling operation
What we know:
33-year-old Tyler Joseph Gatten, also known as “Chains”, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine. …