Palestine Men Sentenced for Drug Trafficking Violations
Posted/updated on: September 22, 2011 at 3:51 pm
TYLER – Two Palestine men have been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations. Derrick Leon Barrett, 41, pleaded guilty in April to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine. He was sentenced to 72 months in federal prison Wednesday in Tyler by U.S. District Judge Leonard E. Davis. Barrett was also ordered to forfeit $10,000. Jerryl Cornelius Mims, 38, also pleaded guilty in April to possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine. He was sentenced to 50 months in federal prison Wednesday by Judge Davis. Mims was also ordered to forfeit $1,000.
According to information presented in court, up until April 2010, Barrett and Mims conspired with others to distribute more than 280 grams of crack cocaine throughout the East Texas area. They were indicted by a federal grand jury in January and charged with federal drug trafficking violations.
