Ore City Man Sentenced for Drug Violations
Posted/updated on: March 8, 2012 at 2:19 am
TYLER – An Upshur County man has appeared in Tyler federal court for sentencing for drug violations. Bobby Arlen Ray Jr., 48, of Ore City, pleaded guilty last October to possession of a List 1 chemical with intent to manufacture methamphetamine. Ray was sentenced Tuesday to 100 months in federal prison during a hearing before United States District Judge Leonard E. Davis.
Federal prosecutors had alleged that Ray purchased cold pills containing pseudoephedrine at a Wal-Mart store in Longview on March 31, 2010, as well as on numerous other occasions at various stores in the area in furtherance of his methamphetamine manufacturing activities. Ray was named in a 56-count federal indictment returned on April 6, 2011.
