Nacogdoches Man Sentenced for Drug Trafficking in East Texas
Posted/updated on: January 16, 2013 at 4:11 pm
BEAUMONT – A Nacogdoches man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations. Tremaine Smith, 27, pleaded guilty on September 5, 2012, to possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine. He was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Ron Clark to 63 months in federal prison. On June 20, 2012, a federal grand jury returned a 10-count indictment charging 10 defendants, including Smith, with drug trafficking violations.
According to information presented in court, from 2008 to June 20, 2012, Donald Dixon, a.k.a. “Black”, Cedrick Fowler, a.k.a. “C” and “C-Murder”, Kerry Wayne Griffin, a.k.a. “Big Boy”, Omar Paunetto, Jose Angel Bustillos, Michael John Pereira, Rodney Stevenson, a.k.a. “Arod”, Darius Thorn, a.k.a. “Bs” and “Beez”, Tremaine Smith and Anthony Fowler conspired to traffic cocaine and crack cocaine throughout East Texas.
Smith’s role in the conspiracy was to acquire powder cocaine from C. Fowler and then convert it into a “crack” cocaine base. Smith would then redistribute the crack cocaine to others in East Texas.
