Walter White Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison

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In case you need proof that life often imitates art, look no further than the strange tale of Walter White. No, not that Walter White. But close.

A Lockwood, Montana man named Walter Jack White has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for dealing meth. Of course, White shares a name with Bryan Cranston's iconic character from AMC's Breaking Bad, a science teacher-turned-meth cook and drug kingpin. However, while the series has been praised as being among the most engrossing of this generation, the tale of the real Walter White is far less dramatic.

Reportedly, Walter Jack White was convicted of distributing 32 and a half pounds of meth. U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy, who sentenced White, called the amount of the drug "extraordinary."

White was arrested in March after investigators discovered four ounces of meth, two handguns and $15,000 in cash at his Lockwood residence. The police were initially called to the scene to investigate an incident in which White's son (who is NOT named Walt Jr., for the record, although he might have a deep-seated love of breakfast) fired a gun at his father over a $100,000 drug debt.

"He ended up getting shot by his son," said Judge Molloy. "Thirty two and a half pounds of methamphetamine, coupled with guns and violence, is as about as serious as you can get."

The 53-year-old White told Judge Molloy that he tried to leave the drug trade, but his supplier, Tomas Alvarado, of Turlock, California, threatened his life if he quit. Naturally, Alvarado is serving a 30-year sentence for his role in the drug ring.

White's son, Brandon, has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon, and is currently being held on $150,000 bond. The investigation into the shooting led to the arrests of multiple suspects connected to storage unit robberies throughout the area. The suspects claimed they were attempting to acquire the money to pay back debts owed to Walter White, which...yeah, I can't even believe that's a sentence I'm writing in a real world context. All the world's a stage, indeed.

Via: Rolling Stone