Gregg County Man Sentenced for Dealing Methamphetamine
Posted/updated on: March 15, 2013 at 12:13 pm
TYLER – A 49-year-old Kilgore man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations. Brett Bates pleaded guilty on March 14, 2012, to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. He was sentenced in Tyler yesterday to 120 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Leonard E. Davis.
Federal prosecutors say, up until May 27, 2011, Bates conspired with other individuals to acquire and distribute methamphetamine in the Gregg County area. Bates admitted to being responsible for the distribution of more than 150 grams of methamphetamine during this time. Bates was named in a federal indictment returned by a grand jury on November 2, 2011.
Five of Bates’ co-defendants have also been sentenced. Terri Rhea Young received a sentence of 24 months in federal prison on July 23, 1012. David Christopher Wheeler and Raelene Dawn Ferguson were each sentenced to 46 months in federal prison on July 20, 2012. Matthew Dean Willis was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison on June 12, 2012. Harold Burgess Dickens received a 210 month sentence on Jan. 10, 2013.
