Shane Douglas Stallard, a 44-year-old resident of Kingsport, Tennessee, received a 205-month prison sentence on November 4, 2024. The ruling was delivered by Judge Ronnie Greer in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Greeneville. After serving his sentence, Stallard will be under supervised release for five years.
Stallard entered a plea agreement, admitting guilt to charges of conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and 400 grams or more of fentanyl, contravening 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1). Court documents revealed that Stallard had been trafficking significant amounts of methamphetamine and heroin/fentanyl in the Kingsport area for at least four months. He frequently traveled to North Carolina with an accomplice to procure drugs—specifically one kilogram of methamphetamine and six to seven ounces of heroin/fentanyl per trip.
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A convicted felon, Stallard was found to have carried firearms during these transactions, with several firearms stored at his residence and in a storage unit. During the investigation, he twice sold a substance, later determined to be a mix of heroin, fentanyl, and methamphetamine, to a confidential informant.
Stallard’s arrest occurred on April 1, 2022, following a traffic stop. A loaded firearm was discovered on the front passenger floorboard of the vehicle he was in, along with another loaded firearm and about 80 grams of fentanyl in the back. Evidence suggested he was en route to a hotel to distribute the fentanyl.
Subsequent searches at Stallard’s Kingsport residence and his storage unit revealed seven firearms, ammunition, around $27,000 in cash, and approximately 300 grams of methamphetamine. The case was announced by U.S. Attorney Francis M. Hamilton III of the Eastern District of Tennessee, following an investigation by the Kingsport Police Department and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. Assistant United States Attorney Emily M. Swecker represented the United States in this case.
The prosecution was part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a collaborative initiative aimed at reducing violent crime and gun violence. On May 26, 2021, a strategy to bolster PSN was launched, focusing on trust-building within communities, supporting violence-prevention organizations, prioritizing strategic enforcement, and measuring outcomes.
For more information on Project Safe Neighborhoods, visit the [Department of Justice website](https://www.justice.gov/psn).
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