HATTIESBURG , David Warner, a man labeled by federal authorities as a major drug supplier, was sentenced today to 22-1/2 years in prison by a federal judge.
U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett also placed Warner on five years supervised parole once he is released from prison.
Warner pleaded guilty to possession and distribution of 330 pounds of cocaine in March 2006.
Warner was on the U.S. Marshals Service's 15 Most Wanted Fugitives list when he was captured without incident in Toluca, Mexico, in July 2005.Mexican authorities said Warner had been living in a gated community about 35 miles from Mexico City.
Warner had been on the run since authorities raided his Jefferson Davis County mansion in June 2004.During that raid, six suspects were arrested and guns, cash and drugs were seized.
Prosecutors said Warner was the head of a drug operation that distributed almost 9 tons of marijuana and more than 1,100 pounds of cocaine throughout central Mississippi and into Alabama and Tennessee.
Federal authorities said Warner had a lavish lifestyle that included expensive cars, horses, jewelry and boats and ran his drug operation from his 5,100-square-foot mansion west of Prentiss.
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Warner pleaded guilty March 22, 2006, and agreed to forfeit $62,034 and his 20-acre estate and luxury home, according to a Hattiesburg American article