Drug Dealer Awaiting Sentencing
Posted/updated on: June 15, 2011 at 7:18 am
LONGVIEW — A Longview man could face life in prison after admitting he planned to sell more than 240 grams of hydrocodone from his home. Raffiel Sirmon Cox, 31, entered a guilty plea Monday to first-degree felony drug possession, which carries a punishment range between five and 99 years, or life in prison.
Cox was arrested July 3 by Longview Police responding to a disturbance call at his 310 Davis St. home. While there, an officer saw a marijuana-filled cigar and a clear plastic bag with 6.7 grams of hydrocodone pills. Officers found another 234.2 grams of yellow and green hydrocodone pills and a large denomination of U.S. currency in a safe, reports showed. Cox was charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver.
A sentencing hearing has not been set. Cox is out of jail on $20,000 bond.
