Panola County Man Sentenced for Methamphetamine Violations

TYLER – A 33-year-old Carthage man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales Monday. Billy Glenn Carroll pleaded guilty on Jan. 4 to possession of pseudoephedrine with the intent to manufacture methamphetamine. He was sentenced in Tyler to 100 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Michael H. Schneider on June 1.

According to information presented in court, on Aug. 1, 2009, Carroll purchased cold pills containing 3.60 grams of pseudoephedrine from a CVS store in Carthage. Carroll also admitted to purchasing cold pills on 18 different occasions from Aug. 1, 2009 to Apr. 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 on Apr. 6, 2011.