Palestine Man Guilty of Drug Trafficking Violations
Posted/updated on: February 11, 2011 at 4:18 pm
TYLER – A 33-year-old Palestine man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking. Sterlynn Jeremiah Henry pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute phencyclidine, also known as PCP, Thursday in Tyler before U.S. Magistrate Judge John D. Love.
According to information presented in court, on October 7, 2009, Henry and a co-defendant, Andrea Rachelle Bailey, were found to be in possession of a mixture containing a detectable amount of PCP, which they intended to distribute in the Eastern District of Texas. Henry also admitted to being in possession of a firearm in furtherance of his criminal activity. Henry and Bailey were indicted by a federal grand jury on December 1, 2010. Henry faces a minimum of 10 years in federal prison at sentencing. Bailey pleaded guilty on February 3, 2011, and faces up to 20 years in federal prison. Sentencing dates have not been set.
