JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – A Tennessee man was sentenced on Wednesday, January 8 to two months in prison for providing marijuana to an inmate of a federal prison in Mississippi.

Officials with the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Mark Anderson, 50, will be placed on supervised release for three years following his release from federal prison.

According to court documents, Anderson flew a drone carrying 195 grams of marijuana over the Federal Correctional Complex in Yazoo City and delivered it by releasing it from the air where an inmate would later retrieve it during the early morning hours of October 2, 2021.

Anderson pled guilty on September 26, 2024.

Homeland Security Investigations and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigations investigated the case.