A Sherman resident, Ryan Deshaun Edd, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. The sentencing was announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs for the Eastern District of Texas.
Edd, 37, entered a guilty plea and received a 240-month sentence from U.S. District Judge Amos L. Mazzant, III on July 30, 2025.
Court records show that law enforcement began investigating Edd in November 2022 after receiving information about his involvement in trafficking significant amounts of methamphetamine in Grayson County. On November 16, 2022, officers stopped a vehicle on U.S. Highway 75 in Sherman for traffic violations. Zacheriah Alexander of Denison was driving the car with Edd as a backseat passenger. During the search, authorities found a large plastic bag containing 1.22 kilograms of methamphetamine and a loaded revolver.
Further investigation determined that Alexander had worked with Edd to sell methamphetamine for around six months before their arrest. Alexander has already been sentenced by Judge Mazzant to over eleven years in federal prison for his role.
Edd will serve his federal sentence after completing a separate state sentence of 45 years for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon related to an incident in Sherman in January 2023.
The case was investigated by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the Grayson County Sheriff’s Office, and the Sherman Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew T. Johnson prosecuted the case.
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