Guilty Plea in Cocaine Case
Posted/updated on: November 12, 2010 at 2:28 am
TYLER — A Harrison County man has appeared in Tyler Federal Court to plead guilty to distributing cocaine. Rodney Kirk Jenkins, 41, of Karnack, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine Wednesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Charles Everingham, IV. Jenkins faces up to 40 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not been set.
Federal prosecutors contend from 2007 through April of 2010, Jenkins maintained a place in Harrison County in order to produce large quantities of crack cocaine, which he conspired to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine throughout East Texas. Jenkins was indicted by a federal grand jury in August.
