Tyler Couple Sentenced for Dealing Meth
Posted/updated on: October 2, 2011 at 5:21 pm
TYLER — A husband and wife from Tyler have been sentenced to federal prison for distributing methamphetamine. Eugene Cook, 44, pleaded guilty on June 20 to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and distribution of more than 50 grams of methamphetamine and was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison today. Cook was also ordered to pay a $50,000 forfeiture judgment.
Charlotte Cook, 45, (pictured) also pleaded guilty June 20 to possession with intent to distribute and distribution of more than 50 grams of methamphetamine and was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison today.
According to information presented in court, beginning in October 2010, the Cooks and their co-conspirators distributed more than 50 grams of methamphetamine in east Texas. Eugene Cook admitted responsibility for distributing up to 1.5 kilos of methamphetamine throughout the area. Eugene Cook, Charlotte Cook and 2 others were indicted by a federal grand jury on Dec. 1 and charged with federal drug trafficking crimes.
