An Ozark man has been sentenced to prison time for drug trafficking.
According to a release from the U.S. Department of Justice posted by Ozarks First, 26-year-old Jevn Todd Griffitt was sentenced to 16 years and eight months in federal prison without parole. The court also ordered Griffitt pay the government $15,324, which is the amount he profited from the trafficking operation.
Griffitt pleaded guilty in January 2023 to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and one count of possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute.
Griffitt conspired with two other people, Christopher Richard Ward, 45, of Kansas City and Paris Ready, 29, of Sperry, Oklahoma, to distribute the drugs from May to November 2019.
Both Ward and Ready have pleaded guilty to their roles in the conspiracy and have been sentenced.
More on the story can be found on the Ozarks First Website.
(Story by Jessica Hammer, Ozarks First)
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