Anderson County Residents Guilty of Dealing Meth
Posted/updated on: September 20, 2012 at 3:54 pm
TYLER — Two Anderson County residents have pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations. Brandon Thomas Maciel, 26, of Palestine and Valerie Lynn Doyle, 24, of Itasca, pleaded guilty to possession of pseudoephedrine with intent to manufacture methamphetamine yesterday before U.S. Magistrate Judge John D. Love. They face up to 20 years in federal prison. Sentencing dates have not been set.
Federal prosecutors say on October 29, 2010, Maciel purchased 2.4 grams of cold pills containing pseudoephedrine at a Walgreens in Palestine. Doyle purchased 2.88 grams of cold pills containing pseudoephedrine at the same store. Maciel also admitted to making two other purchases of cold pills at a CVS store and a Wal-Mart in Palestine on the same day and on numerous other occasions. The cold pills were purchased to be used in the manufacture of methamphetamine. A federal indictment was returned on April 11, 2012, charging Maciel and
Doyle with federal drug crimes.
