EL DORADO, Arkansas — An Arkansas man and woman were sentenced to a combined total of 308 months in federal prison for methamphetamine trafficking and related crimes.
Sentencing hearings were held in the U.S. District Court in El Dorado and were presided over by Chief Judge Susan O. Hickey.
Court records note that on Aug. 24, 2023, Willis Devin Johnson, 36, and Sarah Lavon Paxton, 37, both of Mountain Home, were located in a vehicle at a car wash in Bearden (Ouachita County). Agents with the El Dorado Police Department, CAD, and the 13th Judicial Drug Task Force had received information that Johnson was attempting to sell several ounces of methamphetamine. Johnson and Paxton were taken into custody and a search of the vehicle revealed three vacuum sealed bags containing 1,400 grams of methamphetamine.
On Aug. 22, 2024, Johnson pleaded guilty to Possession of More than 500 Grams of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute. Paxton plead guilty on Sept. 11 to Possession of More than 500 Grams of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute.
For those crimes, Paxton was sentenced on Jan. 14, 2025, to 120 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release. The following day, Johnson was sentenced to 188 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Trent Daniels prosecuted the case for the United States.
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