Constable Resigns Amid Charges
Posted/updated on: October 10, 2012 at 2:25 am
HENDERSON — Rusk County Commissioners have accepted the resignation of former constable Ben Ferrell. The letter to the commissioners says he was resigning effective September 20th.
The former 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. 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. He pleaded guilty to the charges last month. Ferrell faces up to 20 years in federal prison for the drug violations and up to 10 years for the firearms offense.
His wife has also been charged in the case. Amanda Gayle Ferrell, 32, of Henderson, was arrested in March 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.
