Man Sentenced Friday in Meth-By-Mail Scheme

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – David John Russell, 38, of Fallbrook, California, was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison for distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.

Russell pleaded guilty on Nov. 4, 2016.

According to court documents, a methamphetamine distributor operating in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area traveled to California to obtain large quantities of methamphetamine. Russell met with this methamphetamine distributor and agreed to provide the distributor with methamphetamine.

Then, on two separate occasions, Russell used the U.S. Postal Service to send approximately one pound of methamphetamine. Law enforcement successfully seized both packages.

The case was investigated by the DEA and the U.S. Postal Service as part of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces, known as the "Ring of Ice." The OCDETF program is a federal multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional task force.

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