Panola County Man Guilty of Federal Drug Charges
Posted/updated on: January 5, 2012 at 3:27 pm
TYLER — A 33-year-old Carthage man has pleaded guilty in Tyler federal court to drug violations. Billy Glenn Carroll pleaded guilty to possession of pseudoephedrine with the intent to manufacture methamphetamine when he appeared yesterday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Judith K. Guthrie. Carroll faces up to 20 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not been set.
According to information presented in court, on August 1, 2009, Carroll purchased cold pills containing 3.60 grams of pseudoephedrine from a CVS Pharmacy in Carthage. Carroll also admitted to purchasing cold pills on 18 different occasions from August 1, 2009 to April 8, 2010, which amounted to approximately 47.58 grams of pseudoephedrine, with the intent to manufacture methamphetamine. Carroll was indicted by a federal grand jury in April of last year.
