Smith County Residents Guilty of Methamphetamine Violations
Posted/updated on: January 10, 2013 at 3:50 pm
TYLER — Two Smith County, Texas residents have pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking.
Clinton Daniel McCaa, 32, of Whitehouse, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine before U.S. Magistrate Judge Judith K. Guthrie. Tara Annette McDonald, 40, of Tyler, pleaded guilty to maintaining a place for the distribution and use of methamphetamine today before Judge Guthrie.
According to information presented in court, during 2011, McCaa acquired methamphetamine from Clinton Squires of Terrell, Texas, which McCaa then distributed to multiple persons in Tyler. During this time, McCaa lived with McDonald at her residence on Meadow Creek Drive in Tyler. McDonald admitted that she knew McCaa was involved in the distribution and use of methamphetamine. Furthermore, McDonald allowed McCaa to store methamphetamine and other substances at her residence.
McCaa faces up to 40 years in federal prison. McDonald faces up to 20 years in federal prison. Sentencing dates have not been set.
