Man Sentenced in PCP Case
Posted/updated on: July 20, 2011 at 3:50 pm
TYLER – An Anderson County man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking. Sterlynn Jeremiah Henry, 33, of Palestine, pleaded guilty in February to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute phencyclidine, also known as PCP. He was sentenced in Tyler yesterday to 151 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Leonard E. Davis.
According to information presented in court, on October 7, 2009, Henry and a co-defendant, Andrea Rachelle Bailey, were found to be in possession of a mixture containing a detectable amount of PCP, which they intended to distribute in the Eastern District of Texas. Henry also admitted to being in possession of a firearm in furtherance of his criminal activity. Henry and Bailey were indicted by a federal grand jury on December 1, 2010. Bailey pleaded guilty on February 3, 2011 and was sentenced to time served and 3 years supervised release on June 30, 2011.
