{"id":4704,"date":"2011-01-28T14:50:39","date_gmt":"2011-01-28T22:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lewiscountysirens.com\/?p=4704"},"modified":"2011-01-28T18:24:42","modified_gmt":"2011-01-29T02:24:42","slug":"breaking-news-leader-of-kelso-meth-trafficking-ring-gets-long-prison-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/?p=4704","title":{"rendered":"Breaking news: Leader of Kelso meth trafficking ring gets long prison term"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Sharyn\u00a0 L. Decker
\nLewis County Sirens news reporter
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This news story was updated at 3:21 p.m.<\/em><\/p>\n

The former Toledo man described as the leader of a meth distribution ring that flooded the streets of Southwest Washington with the drug was sentenced today to 13 years and four months in prison.<\/p>\n

Anthony Wayne Reisbeck, 43, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Tacoma for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Attorneys Office describes him now as a Silver Lake resident.<\/p>\n

The organization distributed pound quantities of methamphetamine per week in the Kelso-Longview area, according to the U.S. Attorneys Office.<\/p>\n

Reisbeck was arrested in February of last year after selling methamphetamine several months earlier to a person working in law enforcement, according to the U.S. Attorneys Office. A search of his car turned up $6,100 in currency, marijuana and 338 grams of meth, according to the U.S. Attorneys Office.<\/p>\n

Two of his so-called sub-dealers were each sentenced to 10 years in prison in recent weeks. They are Randy Scott Chalupa, 47, of Kelso and Michael J. Waddington, 24, of Silver Lake.<\/p>\n

The last of the federally charged co-conspirators, Erica Deann Lewis, of Toledo, is set to be sentenced next month.<\/p>\n

Following his arrest, Reisbeck continued to try to run the drug ring by making calls from jail, according to a news release this afternoon.<\/p>\n

In his sentencing memo Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Backhus wrote: “Through reputation, intimidation and sheer force of will, Reisbeck was able to control his organization while in custody.”<\/p>\n

Backhus noted Reisbeck controlled access to the source-supply, recruited and managed street level meth dealers, ordered others to collect drug debts for him and demanded dealers pay him a “tax” on the methamphetamine they sold.<\/p>\n

His sentence includes five years of supervision after his release from prison.<\/p>\n

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Read about:<\/p>\n

“Man who took over after meth ring leader from Toledo was arrested gets 10 years, feds announce” from Friday Jan. 21, 2011 here
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\n“Cowlitz County man gets 10 years for his role in meth ring with ties to Toledo” from Thursday Dec. 30, 2010 here<\/a><\/p>\n

“To read the latest on Toledo meth trafficking suspects …” from Tuesday Aug. 10, 2010 here<\/a><\/p>\n

“News Brief: Alleged meth ring defendants handed over to feds” from Wednesday June 9, 2010 here
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