William “Jack” Parr of Middlebourne was sentenced this week to 30 months incarceration for drug distribution and illegally possessing a firearm, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell said.

Parr, 51, pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute methamphetamine and one count of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person in January 2018. Parr admitted to distributing methamphetamine from 2015 to August 2017 in Tyler County. Parr, having previously been convicted of a felony in the Circuit Court of Tyler County, also admitted to illegally possessing two .22 caliber pistols, a 9 mm pistol, and a .45 caliber pistol.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert H. McWilliams Jr., prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Tyler County Sheriff’s Office investigated.

Senior U.S. District Judge Frederick P. Stamp Jr. presided.