LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - A former West Texas sheriff ’s deputy has received a prison sentence for his part in a multistate methamphetamine distribution ring.

U.S. District Judge Sam Cummings sentenced 39-year-old Jose Jesus Quintanilla to three years in federal prison. The former Hockley County sheriff’s deputy pleaded guilty in November to a misprision of a felony, meaning knowing of a felony and failing to report it.

Quintanilla admitted to providing the meth ring with sensitive law enforcement information and deterring investigations.

The Lubbock judge also sentenced 54-year-old lead defendant Bobby Duwayne Froman of Levelland to 20 years in prison for drug conspiracy. Still to be sentenced is former Hockley County Chief Deputy Gordon Bohannon, who pleaded guilty to his charges.

In all, 26 defendants have pleaded guilty to charges from the 110-count indictment and been sentenced or await sentencing.