Longview Man Sentenced for Dealing Methamphetamine
| U.S. Attorney’s Office February 24, 2010 |
TYLER, TX—U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced today that a 33-year-old Longview, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
TIMOTHY ALAN CRUM, 33, of Longview, pleaded guilty on July 9, 2009, to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison today by U.S. District Judge Leonard E. Davis. Crum also agreed to a judgment of $10,000.
According to information presented in court, since February 2004, Crum was part of a drug conspiracy ring distributing methamphetamine to others in the Longview, Texas area. A federal grand jury returned a 17-count indictment on Feb. 4, 2009, charging 19 individuals, including Crum, with federal drug trafficking crimes.
This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the East Texas HIDTA Violent Crimes Task Force, the Gregg County CODE Unit, the Gregg County Sheriff's Office, the Longview Police Department, the Gregg County District Attorney's Office, and the Kilgore Police Department. This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard L. Moore.