Lafayette Man Sentenced in Drug Trafficking Case
A Lafayette man will serve 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
According to the United States Attorney's Office in Lafayette, Ransom White was a supplier for other meth dealers. Prosecutors said White would buy meth in one-pound vegetable cans and then pass the drugs on to other defendants in the case to sell. Court documents say White took part in the trafficking operation between 2017 and 2018.
After his sentence ends, White will have to serve five years of supervised probation.