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Phoenix man sentenced to 6 years for distributing meth
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A Phoenix man was sentenced to six years in prison for trafficking in methamphetamine.
Taylor Melton Addington, 33, of Phoenix, was sentenced on April 13 by U.S. District Judge Jennifer G. Zipps to six years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release.
Addington also was ordered to pay a $5,000 fine. Addington pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
In September 2019, Addington sold approximately four pounds of methamphetamine to undercover government agents at his auto shop in Phoenix, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
In the weeks that followed, Addington negotiated with an undercover agent to provide an additional 100 pounds of methamphetamine, which the parties agreed would be delivered to a location in Washington state, officials with the U.S. Attorney's Office said in a release.
While the transaction was being negotiated, Addington sent the attached photo to the undercover agent of a partial shipment of the drugs, the U.S. Attorney's Office stated.
Addington was arrested on October 23, 2019, in Oak Harbor, Washington, when he delivered 50 pounds of methamphetamine, as the first part of the 100-pound transaction, to the undercover agent, the U.S. Attorney's Office stated.
Homeland Security Investigations conducted the investigation in this case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Stefani K. Hepford, District of Arizona, Tucson, handled the prosecution.
