articleThe Brief Earnest Ray Miller, 54, was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for running a major drug trafficking ring in Dallas. Federal authorities and local police dismantled Miller's operation at the former Cole Manor Motel near Love Field, which has since been bulldozed. A multi-convicted felon, Miller pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and being a felon in possession of a firearm following a joint DEA and DPD investigation. A 54-year-old Dallas man described by federal prosecutors as a career criminal who ran a rampant drug distribution ring out of a blighted motel near Dallas Love Field has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison, authorities announced Thursday. The case was investigated by the DEA Dallas Field Division and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Rick Calvert, chief of the Northern District of Texas's Major Crimes Section.