Department of Justice
U.S. Attorney's Office
Northern District of Texas
For Immediate Release
Tuesday, August 22, 2017
John R. Parker
Contact: Lisa Slimak
Aryan Circle Member Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison For the Distribution of Methamphetamine
FORT WORTH, Texas — Scott Edward Grigsby, aka "Skinny Pup," 44, of White Settlement, Texas, was sentenced last week by U.S. District Judge John McBryde to 240 months in federal prison for his role in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
Grigsby pleaded guilty in May 2017 to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance. Grigsby has been in custody since his arrest in April 2017.
According to documents filed in the case, in 2015 and 2016, Grigsby, a member of the street/prison gang Aryan Circle, received methamphetamine on multiple occasions from various sources of supply in the Fort Worth area. Grigsby then distributed the methamphetamine to others, including officers working in an undercover capacity.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and Department of Public Safety investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Shawn Smith prosecuted.
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