Prolific Madras meth trafficker gets 25-year federal prison sentence
Jefferson County Jail (2017 photo)
Ronald Wayne Thrasher Significant sentence . cuts off major source in Central Oregon
EUGENE, Ore. (KTVZ) A prolific drug dealer from Madras with a decades-long criminal history was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in federal prison, followed by five years supervised release, U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams said.
On August 8, 2019, Ronald Wayne Thrasher, 50, whose previous convictions include drug manufacturing and distribution, burglary, and illegal firearm possession, was found guilty of conspiring to distribute controlled substances and possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine by a federal jury in Eugene.