Fort Worth Man Sentenced for Drug Trafficking
Posted/updated on: March 8, 2013 at 3:51 pm
TYLER — A 39-year-old Fort Worth, Texas man has been sentenced In Tyler federal court to 51 months in prison for drug trafficking violations. Ray Lee Ransom pleaded guilty on April 20, 2012 to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute hydrocodone, alprazolam and promethazine with codeine. Ransom was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Michael H. Schneider.
Federal prosecutors say from May, 2009 through 2011, Ransom conspired with others to purchase and distribute drugs. Ransom and his co-conspirators purchased these controlled substances at numerous pharmacies in cities located throughout the Eastern District of Texas and in other locations, utilizing fraudulent prescriptions. A federal grand jury returned an indictment on November 2, 2011, charging 5 individuals, including Ransom, with conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute the drugs. All of the co-defendants have been sentenced.
