Rusk County Constable, Wife in Custody
Posted/updated on: March 16, 2012 at 4:25 pm
TYLER – Rusk County’s Precinct 2 Constable has been charged with federal drug and firearms violations. Benjamin Thomas Ferrell, 36, of Henderson, was indicted on March 8 and charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances and delivery of a firearm to a convicted felon. Ferrell was arrested yesterday and appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Judith Guthrie this afternoon for an initial appearance in federal court.
According to the indictment, Ferrell is alleged to have conspired with an unindicted co-conspirator from December 2001 to January 2012, to possess with intent to distribute phentermine, hydrocodone, hydromorphone, and marijuana. It also alleges Ferrell sold an SKS assault rifle to a known felon on January of this year.
If convicted, Ferrell faces up to 20 years in federal prison for the drug violations and up to 10 years for the firearms offense.
Meanwhile, Amanda Gayle Ferrell, 32, of Henderson, was arrested at her residence on County Road 2127, by Rusk County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Officers. She was charged with two counts of Manufacture/Delivery of Controlled Substance, a state jail felony. She remains in the Rusk County Jail with bond set at $10,000. The investigation continues.
