Jackson, TN – A former resident of Henry, Tennessee has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for conspiring with others to distribute methamphetamine. D. Michael Dunavant, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today.
According to information presented in court, during the first three months of 2024, investigators utilized controlled drug buys, traffic stops, and the execution of search warrants to determine that Carla Sue Stout and others were involved in the trafficking of large amounts of methamphetamine in Henry and Carroll counties in West Tennessee. Investigators were able to use a confidential informant to obtain over 450 grams of pure methamphetamine from Stout at her residence in Henry on two occasions in January 2024. Investigators subsequently executed a search warrant at Stout’s residence where they seized an additional pound of methamphetamine and over $3,000 in U.S. currency.
Investigators conducted another controlled drug buy from Stout and executed a search warrant at her trailer in Carroll County in March 2024, which led to the seizure of roughly two more ounces of methamphetamine. In all, Stout is responsible for distributing or possessing with the intent to distribute approximately 900 grams of actual methamphetamine.
After Stout’s guilty plea in federal court to conspiring with others to distribute over 50 grams of actual methamphetamine in August 2025, United States District Court Judge S. Thomas Anderson sentenced Stout to 168 months’ imprisonment on November 18, 2025, to be followed by five years of supervised release.
There is no parole in the federal system.
U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant said, “Methamphetamine that is trafficked in and through West Tennessee is increasing in dangerous purity, and continues to destroy individuals, families, and communities. Drug dealers who profit from the pain, addiction, violence and death caused by these dangerous substances deserve proper punishment, and this sentence does just that.”
This case was investigated by members of the 24th Judicial Drug Task Force, the Henry County Sheriff’s Office, the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office, and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
Assistant United States Attorney Josh Morrow prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.
