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Hammond man gets 8 years for being ‘drug runner’

A Hammond man was sentenced to eight years in federal prison Wednesday after he admitted he was a drug runner.

Fernando Porras Jr., 64, pleaded guilty in August to distributing methamphetamine and cocaine.

He will also serve four years on supervised release after prison.

In court filings, Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Toth wrote Porras assisted co-defendant Deandre Johnson with drug buys in Dolton, Illinois, and later in Gary from May 2023 to March 2024.

Porras got probation for a 1983 drug conviction. He spent 12 years in prison for a 1998 LSD dealing conviction. After the 1990s, he racked up nearly a dozen smaller misdemeanor cases ranging from “low-level drug offenses” to check deceptio

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