ALBANY — A Ballston Spa man was sentenced to five years and 11 months in federal prison Tuesday for conspiracy to commit money laundering and distribute marijuana, prosecutors said.

Ryan Mershon, 40, was also sentenced to three years of post-release supervision and ordered to forfeit $117,000 of drug proceeds by U.S. District Judge Mae A. D'Agostino, according to the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York.

Between October 2013 and February 2016, Mershon and his co-conspirators shipped buckets full of marijuana from California to northern New York, where it was later sold, prosecutors said.

Mershon's associates deposited the money earned from those sales — more than $117,000 — into bank accounts in his name, as well as the names of his girlfriend and family, prosecutors said.

Mershon pleaded guilty on Sept. 5, 2017, and was under court supervision after but soon left New York as a fugitive. The U.S. Marshals Service tracked him down and arrested him in California.

This case was investigated by the Warren County Sheriff's Office, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and Homeland Security, and was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth R. Rabe.