Anderson County Residents Sentenced for Drug Trafficking
Posted/updated on: March 14, 2013 at 3:09 pm
TYLER – Three Anderson County residents have been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations. Brandon Thomas Maciel, 26, of Palestine; Valerie Lynn Doyle, 24, of Itasca; and Jeremy Bice, 35, of Anderson County pleaded guilty to possession of pseudoephedrine with intent to manufacture methamphetamine in 2012. They were sentenced Wednesday in Tyler by U.S. District Judge Leonard E. Davis. Maciel received a sentence of 87 months, Doyle got 70 months, and Bice was handed a 37-month sentence.
According to officials, on March 3, 2010, Bice purchased 2.4 grams of cold pills containing pseudoephedrine from a Wal-Mart in Palestine. October 29, 2010, Maciel purchased 2.4 grams of cold pills containing pseudoephedrine at a Walgreens store in Palestine. Doyle purchased 2.88 grams of cold pills containing pseudoephedrine at the same Walgreens store. Maciel also admitted to making two other purchases of cold pills at a CVS store and a Wal-Mart in Palestine on the same day and on numerous other occasions. The cold pills were purchased to be used in the manufacture of methamphetamine.
A federal indictment was returned on April 11, 2012, charging Maciel, Doyle and Bice with federal drug crimes. An additional co-defendant, Craig Lee Bice, pleaded guilty to the same charges and is awaiting sentencing.
