OXFORD — A Columbus man was sentenced Monday to eight years in federal prison for trafficking methamphetamine, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Mississippi.

Jimmy Johns, of Lowndes County, pleaded guilty to the charge in U.S. District Court in Oxford. Judge Glen H. Davidson sentenced Johns to 96 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release.

“Those who traffic dangerous narcotics into our communities will be held to account,” U.S. Attorney Clay Joyner said in a statement. “The partnership between MBN, the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office, DEA and ATF demonstrates what can be accomplished when each agency acts as a force multiplier for their partners.”

Mississippi Department of Public Safety Commissioner Sean Tindell said methamphetamin

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