Karnack Man Sentenced for Cocaine Deals
Posted/updated on: January 27, 2011 at 3:49 pm
MARSHALL — A 43-year-old Karnack, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for distributing cocaine. Rodney Kirk Jenkins pleaded guilty last November to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine. He was sentenced yesterday to 60 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge T. John Ward.
According to information presented in court, from 2007 through April of 2010, Jenkins and other co-defendants are responsible for the distribution of 500 grams or more of crack cocaine in the Eastern District of Texas, and maintaining a place in Harrison County in order to produce large quantities of crack cocaine for distribution. Jenkins was indicted by a federal grand jury last August.
