Morganton Woman Convicted For Meth Trafficking

A Burke County woman was sentenced to prison in Federal Court in Charlotte on Thursday after an earlier plea agreement for being part of a methamphetamine distribution ring.

40-year old Chasty Elaine Hinson Stallings of Morganton was sentenced to 10 years in prison and five years of supervised release. Stallings pleaded guilty to two counts of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and one count of possession of firearm by felon. Two other defendants were also sentenced to prison time.

Stallings was a part of a methamphetamine trafficking ring operating in Western North Carolina including Alexander County. At the time of her arrest in 2018, Stallings was was found in possession of 730 grams of 97.9% pure methamphetamine and a firearm. Over the course of the investigation, law enforcement seized far in excess of 100 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, $1 million in cash, and other assets, and dozens of firearms.

Multiple law enforcement agencies were part of the investigation including the Alexander County Sheriff’s Office.

Photo: Caldwell County Detention Center