Gregg County Man Sentenced for Federal Drug Violations
| U.S. Attorney’s Office February 10, 2009 |
TYLER, TX—U.S. Attorney Rebecca A. Gregory announced today that a 21-year-old Longview man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
DEVETRICK TRAMEL JOHNSON pleaded guilty on Oct. 29, 2008, to possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine and was sentenced today to 120 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Leonard E. Davis.
According to information presented in court, since July 2006, Johnson had been distributing crack cocaine to others in and around the Longview, Texas area. A federal indictment was returned on Sep. 9, 2008, charging Johnson and four others with federal crimes.
This case is being 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 C.O.D.E. Unit, the Gregg County Sheriff's Office, the Longview Police Department and the Gregg County District Attorney's Office and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard L. Moore.