Tarrant County Man Sentenced for Federal Drug Violations
Posted/updated on: November 8, 2012 at 2:11 pm
TYLER – A 50-year-old Azle, Texas, man has been sentenced in Tyler to federal prison for drug violations. Wallace Jackson pleaded guilty on May 30, 2012, to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. He was sentenced to 57 months behind bars by U.S. District Judge Leonard E. Davis. According to federal prosecutors, up until July 20, 2011, Jackson conspired with others to acquire and distribute methamphetamine in the Eastern District of Texas. Jackson admitted to distributing more than 35 grams, but less than 50 grams of methamphetamine in East Texas. Jackson was indicted by a federal grand jury on December 7, 2011.
