Guilty Plea in Federal Drug Case
Posted/updated on: January 12, 2011 at 2:29 am
TYLER – A Gregg County woman has pleaded guilty in Tyler federal court to drug trafficking charges. Latisha Marie Anthony, 26, of Kilgore pleaded guilty to possession of pseudoephedrine with intent to manufacture methamphetamine Monday before U.S. Magistrate Judge John D. Love. She now faces up to 20 years in federal prison for the violation. A sentencing date has not been set.
According to federal prosecutors, on August 20, 2009, Anthony purchased cold pills containing pseudoephedrine from a Wal-Mart store in Longview, as well as on numerous other occasions at other stores in the area, all in furtherance of her methamphetamine manufacturing activities.
