Shelby County Man Guilty of Buying Cold Pills to Make Meth
Posted/updated on: April 30, 2013 at 6:33 pm
TYLER — A 40-year-old Joaquin man has pleaded guilty to federal drug charges. Dean Allen Tucker pleaded guilty to possession of pseudoephedrine with intent to manufacture methamphetamine when he appeared yesterday before U.S. Magistrate Judge John D. Love. Tucker faces up to 20 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not been set
According to federal prosecutors, Tucker purchased cold pills containing pseudoephedrine from the Ken Turner Pharmacy in Carthage with intentions of manufacturing methamphetamine. Tucker also admitted to purchasing cold pills on 25 additional occasions from November 18, 2008 to April 15, 2009, amounting to approximately 58.44 grams of pseudoephedrine. A grand jury returned a federal indictment on November 7, 2012, charging Tucker and Christine Stephens Carroll with drug trafficking crimes. Carroll was sentenced to 71 months in federal prison last August.
