Mt. Pleasant Man Sentenced for Drug Crimes
Posted/updated on: September 1, 2011 at 3:56 pm
TYLER — A Titus County man appearing in Tyler federal court, has drawn a prison sentence for drug trafficking. Hector Nieto, 40, of Mt. Pleasant, pleaded guilty last November to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine. He was sentenced to 135 months in federal prison yesterday by U.S. District Judge Michael H. Schneider. Nieto was also ordered to forfeit ownership of commercial property in Mt. Pleasant, valued at $93,000, a 2005 GMC, K3500 pickup truck, and $21,473.47 in U.S. Currency. According to information presented in court, in July 2009, Nieto knowingly delivered approximately three kilograms of cocaine to others with instructions to transport the cocaine to Chicago, Illinois, for sale and distribution.
