Drug Trafficking Sentence
Posted/updated on: October 20, 2010 at 2:40 am
TYLER – A 30-year-old Elkhart man has been sentenced to federal prison for his role in a methamphetamine trafficking ring in the Eastern District of Texas. Robert Clarence Smith, II, pleaded guilty on Apr. 27, 2010, to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine. He was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Leonard E. Davis. Smith was also ordered to forfeit ownership of a firearm and to pay a $5,000 judgment. According to information presented in court, Smith admitted to being involved in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine to others in the East Texas area. A federal grand jury returned an indictment on Aug. 5, 2009, charging Smith and 8 others with federal drug violations.
