MINNEAPOLIS (WJON News) – A Rochester man has been sentenced to over 19 years in federal prison for leading a methamphetamine trafficking ring.

According to court documents, from September 2021 through February 2022, 40-year-old Jerry Milliken led a large-scale methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy based in Rochester and operated throughout southeastern Minnesota and elsewhere.

Milliken organized the delivery of methamphetamine from a supplier in Kansas City, Missouri, to sub-distributors in the Rochester area.

Between the fall of 2021 and the winter of 2022, law enforcement seized approximately 80 pounds of methamphetamine from the conspiracy during various enforcement operations.

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Milliken pleaded guilty on November 18, 2022.

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