Panola County Man Sentenced for Drug Trafficking Crimes

TYLER – A 50-year-old Carthage man has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for drug trafficking violations. Roy Daniel Tatum pleaded guilty on September 7, 2011, to possession of pseudoephedrine with the intent to manufacture methamphetamine. He was sentenced Wednesday in Tyler by U.S. District Judge Michael H. Schneider.

According to prosecutors, on March 9, 2010, Tatum purchased cold pills containing 2.88 grams of pseudoephedrine at a Wal-Mart store in Henderson. Tatum also admitted to purchasing cold pills on six different occasions from March 9 to April 8, 2010, which amounted to 15.84 grams of pseudoephedrine, all with the intentions of manufacturing methamphetamine. Tatum was named in a federal indictment returned by the grand jury on April 6, 2011, and charged with drug trafficking violations.