{"id":1527976,"date":"2026-07-26T05:23:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T10:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1527976"},"modified":"2026-07-26T05:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T10:32:09","slug":"preacher-headed-to-federal-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1527976","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Preacher\u2019 headed to federal prison"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"TYLER – A Tyler drug trafficker has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking, according to U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs. Delbert Dan Borens, Jr., 49, also known locally as Preacher, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and was sentenced to 180 months, or 15 years, in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Jeremy D. Kernodle on July 21, 2026.<\/p>\n

According to information presented in court, from April to June 2025, Borens and his co-conspirators sold a total of 564.3 grams of methamphetamine to a confidential informant in Longview.<\/p>\n

On June 17, 2025, investigators executed a search warrant at Borens\u2019 residence, during which they located and seized 1,115.51grams of methamphetamine, a gun, drug distribution paraphernalia such as digital scales, a money counter, and plastic bags, and a total of $12,927 in cash.<\/p>\n

This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; Gregg County Sheriff\u2019s Office; and Longview Police Department and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Lucas Machicek.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TYLER – A Tyler drug trafficker has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking, according to U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs. Delbert Dan Borens, Jr., 49, also known locally as Preacher, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and was sentenced to 180 months, or 15 years, in federal prison by U.S. … Continue reading \u2018Preacher\u2019 headed to federal prison<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1527977,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[165],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1527976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-28 07:17:49","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1527976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1527976"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1527976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1527978,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1527976\/revisions\/1527978"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1527977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1527976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1527976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1527976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}