Bowie County Man Sentenced for Trafficking Methamphetamine

TYLER – A 37-year-old Texarkana, Texas, man has been sentenced in Tyler to federal prison for drug trafficking violations. Sonya Lamarcus Hopkins pleaded guilty on June 6 to possession with intent to distribute and distribution of methamphetamine. He was sentenced to 87 months in federal prison Monday by U.S. District Judge Michael H. Schneider. According to information presented in court, on February 28, 2012, Hopkins arranged by telephone to distribute 7 grams of methamphetamine to another individual. The transaction was carried out by another person on behalf of Hopkins in Texarkana, Texas. Hopkins was indicted by a federal grand jury on September 12, 2012, and charged with drug trafficking violations.