Marion County Woman Sentenced for Drug Trafficking
Posted/updated on: February 27, 2013 at 3:56 pm
MARSHALL – A 45-year-old Jefferson woman has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations. Tracy Renee Hampton pleaded guilty on March 27, 2012, to possession of pseudoephedrine with intent to manufacture methamphetamine. She was sentenced in Marshall yesterday to 84 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap. According to prosecutors, Hampton was involved in a conspiracy with others to purchase cold pills containing pseudoephedrine at multiple pharmacies across East Texas. Hampton was indicted by a federal grand jury on February 1, 2012 and charged with federal drug trafficking violations.
