Carthage Man Sentenced for Drug Violations
Posted/updated on: November 16, 2011 at 3:32 pm
TYLER – A Panola County man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations. Edward Earl Davis, 45, of Carthage, pleaded guilty on August 16, 2011, to possession of pseudoephedrine with intent to manufacture methamphetamine. He was sentenced to 71 months in federal prison Tuesday in Tyler by U.S. District Judge Michael H. Schneider. According to information presented in court, on Mar. 6, 2009, Davis purchased cold pills containing pseudoephedrine at a Drug Emporium store in Longview with the intent to manufacture methamphetamine. Davis was indicted by a federal grand jury on February 2 and charged with federal drug trafficking violations.
