A Tennessee man has been sentenced for using a drone to deliver marijuana to an inmate inside a Mississippi prison.
Tullahoma, Tenn., native Mark Anderson was sentenced to two months in prison and three years of supervised release, according to court documents. Anderson, 50, flew a drone carrying 195 grams of marijuana over the Federal Correction Complex in Yazoo City and released the drugs into the jail yard for an unidentified inmate to retrieve.
The crime happened on Oct. 2, 2021, with Anderson pleading guilty on Sept. 26, 2024. U.S. Attorney Todd Gee of the Southern District of Mississippi made the sentencing announcement on Wednesday.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation investigated the case.
