The leader of a rural West Texas methamphetamine trafficking ring was sentenced to two life prison terms, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

Larry Ray Moon Jr., 34, of Santa Anna was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Sam Cummings, U.S. Attorney Richard B. Roper said.

Moon, who also was given two concurrent 20-year terms, was convicted in January on four counts that included conspiracy to distribute and possession of methamphetamine. He was arrested with about a pound of meth in the Dallas area three years ago.

Prosecutors said Moon operated from a 270-acre ranch in a remote area of Coleman County, about 185 miles southwest of Dallas.

Moon would pick up large amounts of meth in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and distribute smaller portions from his ranch, prosecutors said. Testimony during Moon's trial showed that he parceled out more than 500 grams of meth to each of five midlevel distributors, officials said.

Moon also faces child sexual assault charges in Coleman and Dallas counties, according to Roper's office.