Panola County Woman Guilty of Federal Drug Charges
Posted/updated on: February 23, 2012 at 1:27 pm
TYLER – A 31-year-old Carthage woman has pleaded guilty to federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales Wednesday. Christine Stephens Carroll pleaded guilty to possession of pseudoephedrine with the intent to manufacture methamphetamine. The plea came Wednesday in Tyler before U.S. Magistrate Judge Judith K. Guthrie.
According to information presented in court, on October 22, 2008, Carroll purchased cold pills containing 2.40 grams of pseudoephedrine from a Brookshire Bros. store in Carthage. Carroll also admitted to purchasing cold pills on 64 different occasions from October 22, 2008 to April 15, 2010, which amounted to approximately 137.78 grams of pseudoephedrine, with the intent to manufacture methamphetamine. Carroll was indicted by a federal grand jury on April 6, 2011.
Carroll faces up to 20 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not been set. Carroll’s co-defendants have already entered pleas. Roy Tatum pleaded guilty on September 7, 2011; Carroll’s husband, Billy Carroll, pleaded guilty on January 4, 2012. Both are awaiting sentencing.
