Two Rusk County Residents Sentenced for Meth Conspiracy

TYLER – Two Rusk County residents have been sentenced to 70 months each in federal prison for a methamphetamine conspiracy involving cold pills. The sentencing hearings were held in Tyler before U.S. District Judge Leonard Davis. Timothy Charles David, 48, of Henderson, pleaded guilty on Aug. 24 to conspiracy to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine and was sentenced Dec. 15. Amy Nacole Hulsey, 31, of Joinerville, pleaded guilty on Aug. 24 to possession of pseudoephedrine with the intent to manufacture methamphetamine and was sentenced Thursday.

According to prosecutos, between March 2009 and March 2010, David admitted to conspiring with others in the Eastern District of Texas to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine. He admitted to purchasing cold pills containing pseudoephedrine in furtherance of his methamphetamine manufacturing activities. Hulsey admitted to purchasing cold pills containing pseudoephedrine at various stores in Longview, Kilgore, Henderson, and Tyler between June 2009 and February 2010, all in furtherance of her methamphetamine manufacturing activities A federal grand jury returned a an indictment on May 6, 2010 charging David, Hulsey and four others with federal drug violations.