EL DORADO, Ark. — A group of fifteen individuals, including two key drug suppliers from Los Angeles, have been handed prison sentences totaling more than a century behind bars for their involvement in a sprawling methamphetamine distribution network in south Arkansas.
The sentences were handed down between August 2024 and May 2025 in El Dorado, marking the conclusion of a lengthy federal investigation into the drug ring’s operations.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Arkansas, the drug ring was led by Christopher Walters, 45, from Magnolia. Between August 2021 and August 2022, Walters coordinated the distribution of kilograms of methamphetamine throughout Columbia County and nearby areas. He sourced much of his supply from Michael Cummings, 46, who operated out of Southern California…