A Henley man was sentenced in federal court Monday for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
Michael Raymond Robinett, 38, was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison without parole.
On July 25, Robinett pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine in Moniteau County.
On July 9, 2015, law enforcement officers stopped a Chevrolet Impala in which Robinett was a passenger. Robinett had a .22-caliber pistol in his back pocket. The owner of the vehicle, who was driving, gave officers permission to search the vehicle and they found more than 500 grams of methamphetamine in a black bag behind the passenger seat, along with a digital scale and a glass pipe.
Robinett admitted that he and a co-conspirator had distributed several pounds of methamphetamine over the past year. According to court documents, Robinett had made three trips to Kansas City in the week before his arrest and obtained 600 grams of methamphetamine for $10,000 on each trip. Robinett committed the federal offense while on parole for an unrelated state felony conviction.