United States of America v. Tyler Joseph Gatten, a.k.a. as Chains

Plano, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with smuggling contraband into federal prison. in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1791.

Tyler Joseph Gatten, also known as Chains, 33, engaged in a conspiracy involving inmates and corrupt correctional officers smuggling cellular phones and synthetic drugs into federal holding facilities. This scheme involved mailing drug-soaked paper to the facilities as fictitious legal mail.

The Defendant was found guilty and was sentenced to 300 months in prison. They also used drones to drop contraband at a Texas Department of Criminal Justice correctional facility in the Eastern District of Texas.