Two Guilty in Cold Pill Case
Posted/updated on: August 28, 2010 at 4:24 pm
TYLER – Two Carthage residents have pleaded guilty in Tyler to federal drug violations. Michael Lewis Galyean, 49, and Christie Renee Tull, 27, pleaded guilty to possession of pseudoephedrine with the intent to manufacture methamphetamine Thursday before U.S. Magistrate Judge John D. Love.
According to information presented in court, on Dec. 11, 2008, Galyean purchased cold pills containing pseudoephedrine at a Walgreens in Kilgore, in addition to making three other purchases that same day at other stores in the area. On Apr. 22, 2009, Tull purchased cold pills containing pseudoephedrine at a CVS in Tyler, in addition to making another purchase on another day at a store in Henderson. The purchases were all in furtherance of their methamphetamine manufacturing activities. A federal grand jury returned a 256-count indictment on Feb. 2, 2010 charging Galyean and Tull with federal drug violations. Galyean and Tull each face up to 20 years in federal prison at sentencing. Sentencing dates have not been set.
