Henderson Woman Sentenced in Pseudoephedrine Case

TYLER � A 33-year-old Henderson woman has been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. Marianna Matthews pleaded guilty on Dec. 8, 2010, to possession of pseudoephedrine with intent to manufacture methamphetamine and was sentenced to 72 months in federal prison Wednesday in Tyler by U.S. District Judge Leonard Davis. According to prosecutors, from April 2009 to February 2010, Matthews purchased cold pills containing pseudoephedrine at various stores in Kilgore, Tyler, Longview, and Henderson. The pills were purchased in furtherance of Matthews’ conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine with others. Matthews and five others were indicted by a federal grand jury on May 6, 2010.