Gregg County Man Sentenced for Dealing Ecstasy
Posted/updated on: August 1, 2012 at 5:56 pm
TYLER — A Gregg County man is heading to federal prison for drug trafficking. Rickey Spratling, 31, of Longview, pleaded guilty on April 10, to possession with intent to distribute ecstasy. He was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison yesterday by U.S. District Judge Leonard E. Davis of Tyler.
According to federal prosecutors, on May 7, 2011, Spratling was found in possession of the drug ecstasy, which he intended to distribute. Spratling also admitted to possessing a gun during a drug trafficking crime. Spratling was indicted by a federal grand jury last October.
