Wewahitchka man sentenced to 10 years for meth distribution

FLORIDA (WJHG/WECP) -A Wewahitchka man was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison on Wednesday.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida, 48-year-old Ronnie Lee Small Jr. was previously convicted on three counts of meth distribution.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office says evidence presented at trial showed Small Jr. sold meth to a confidential source working with the Gulf County Sheriff’s Office three times.

U.S. Attorney Heekin said, “If the message from my office isn’t already abundantly clear, let me say it plainly now: if you peddle deadly drugs in our communities, my exceptional prosecutors will send you to federal prison. The citizens of this District deserve to live in safe, drug-free communities, and that is exactly what my office will deliver with continued aggressive prosecutions and lengthy prison sentences like this one.”

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