SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A Springfield man has been sentenced following a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Greene County and possessing firearms in 2022.
According to a United States Department of Justice press release, Russell Lee Deck Jr., 47, has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison without parole followed by three years of supervised release.
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Deck pleaded guilty on Nov. 8, 2024, to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and one count of possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
On Aug. 18, 2022, a Springfield police officer attempted to conduct a traffic stop on Deck in a hotel parking lot…