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Natchez , Miss – Shawanda Matthews , 3 1 , and Veronica Thomas, 37, both of McComb , Mississippi , were sentenced on November 14, 2017, by Senior U.S. District Judge David Bramlette III, for their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy , announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Freeze.
Shawanda Matthews was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release , and Veronica Thomas was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release .
The defendants were charged as the result of a lengthy investigation into a drug trafficking organization operating in south Mississippi. The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Safe Streets Task Force in Hattiesburg , along with the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, Office of the Mississippi State Auditor, Marion County Sheriff’s Office, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office , and the Hattiesburg Police Department. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jerry L. Rushing .
