On May 19, 2017, Allen Ruckman, 54, of Galena, Kansas was sentenced to 22 months imprisonment for distributing methamphetamine.

The State alleged Ruckman sold methamphetamine to a confidential informant in Cherokee County, Kansas in August, 2016. Last month, Ruckman entered a no contest plea to one count of distributing less than 1 gram of methamphetamine in Cherokee County District Court.

Ruckman was investigated by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and prosecuted by the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office.