Texas man sentenced to 25 years for smuggling meth into prisons using drones

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  • 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.

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