Smith County Man Sentenced for East Texas Drug Trafficking

TYLER – 46-year-old Chad Hollowell of Tyler has been sentenced to 12 years, seven months in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. He’d pleaded guilty on Sep. 24, 2015. The sentence was handed down by U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Catharina Haynes. Hollowell was also ordered to forfeit approximately $10,000 cash and multiple firearms. According to federal prosecutors, in 2014, Hollowell and others trafficked more than 500 grams of methamphetamine through the Eastern District of Texas. Hollowell was indicted by a federal grand jury on Mar. 18, 2015.