A Ruston man has been sentenced to federal prison for intent to distribute methamphetamine.
The U. S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana announced last week that Nicholas D. Moore, 31, of Ruston, was sentenced to 132 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.
Between August 2022 and January 2023, agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration and Lincoln Parish Sheriff’s Office performed five controlled purchases of methamphetamine from Moore. In January 2023, law enforcement agents subsequently obtained a search warrant for a residence in Ruston where Moore lived.
During the execution of the search warrant at a Larson Street residence in Ruston, agents discovered multiple bags of methamphetamine, small bags of cocaine, and marijuana, materials for packaging and selling drugs, and over $8,000 in cash. The seized narcotics were tested at the DEA Laboratory and determined to contain methamphetamine.
The Sheriff’s Office also arrested Moore in December 2022 when a stolen firearm was found in his vehicle on a traffic stop. The disposition of that case was not immediately available.
