SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- On March 26, 36-year-old Tony Horston, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced after pleading guilty to possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Adam L. Mildred.

Horston was sentenced to 101 months in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release.

“A violent, armed, recidivist drug dealer is going to prison because the partnership of local law enforcement and federal agents interrupted his enterprise.  We are safer because of their efforts,” Mildred said. 

According to case documents, police executed a search warrant at Horston’s house and found about 2.8 kilograms of methamphetamine, about 51 grams of fentanyl, about $10,000 in cash, and three loaded firearms. Horston has multiple prior felony convictions including dealing cocaine, battery, resisting law enforcement, and unlawful carrying of a firearm, any of which prohibited him from possessing a firearm in this case.