A Wichita man spent years possessing and engaging in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine — and used a house on the south side of the city to do it, according to a superseding indictment filed Tuesday in federal court.
A federal grand jury has indicted Shane A. L. Ledford, 46, on several drug and firearms offenses related to a meth trafficking operation stretching back to at least 2024, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday in a news release.
Among the charges in the superseding indictment:
- One count of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance
- Two counts of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance
- Two counts of being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm
- One count of maintaining a drug-involved premises, and
- One count of distribution of a controlled substance
The superseding indictment alleges Ledford conspired with others in 2025 and 2026 to distribute “500 grams and more of a mixture” containing meth; illegally possessed meth, pistols and semi-automatic rifles in May 2024 and in April; “knowingly and intentionally” possessed and planned to distribute 50 or more grams of meth on April 15; and “knowingly and intentionally” distributed five or more grams of meth on or around July 1…