Jefferson Man Sentenced for Drug Crimes
Posted/updated on: June 16, 2011 at 1:24 pm
MARSHALL – A Marion County man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations. Dever Lee Applewhite, 54, of Jefferson, pleaded guilty in January to possession of pseudoephedrine with intent to manufacture methamphetamine. He was sentenced Tuesday in Marshall to 72 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge T. John Ward.
According to information presented in court, on January 10, 2010, Applewhite purchased cold pills containing pseudoephedrine at a WalMart, a Walgreens and a CVS in Marshall. The purchases were all made within less than 30 minutes of each other. Applewhite’s co-defendants have already been convicted and sentenced in this case. Summer Berry Applewhite was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison on April 20, 2011, and Ralph Arthur Finley was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison on May 18, 2011. The case was indicted by a federal grand jury on May 6, 2010.
