Ryan Deshaun Edd, 37, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and was sentenced to 240 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Amos L. Mazzant, III, on July 30, 2025. 

According to information presented in court, in November 2022, law enforcement received information that Edd was trafficking large quantities of methamphetamine in the Grayson County area.  On November 16, 2022, Edd’s vehicle was stopped for traffic violations on U.S. Highway 75 in Sherman.  Zacheriah Alexander, of Denison, was driving the vehicle and Edd was a backseat passenger.  During a search of the vehicle, law enforcement officers located a large plastic bag containing 1.22 kilograms of methamphetamine and a loaded revolver.  Further investigation revealed that Alexander had been working with Edd to sell methamphetamine for approximately six months before being arrested.  Alexander was previously sentenced by Judge Mazzant to 135 months in federal prison for his role in the offense.  Edd will begin serving his federal prison sentence after he completes a 45-year state sentence for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon committed in Sherman in January of 2023.

This case was investigated by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the Grayson County Sheriff’s Office, and the Sherman Police Department.  This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew T. Johnson.