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Nacogdoches Man Sentenced For Drug Trafficking In East Texas

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Texas

Department of Justice
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BEAUMONT, Texas – A 30-year-old Nacogdoches, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today. 

Cedrick Fowler pleaded guilty on Aug. 28, 2012, to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of crack cocaine and was sentenced to 245 months in federal prison on Jan. 29, 2013 by U.S. District Judge Ron Clark.

 Tremaine Smith, 27, of Nacogdoches, Texas, pleaded guilty on Sep. 5, 2012, to

                According to information presented in court, from 2008 to June 20, 2012, Donald Dixon, a.k.a. “Black”, Cedrick Fowler, a.k.a. “C” and “C-Murder”, Kerry Wayne Griffin, a.k.a. “Big Boy”, Omar Paunetto, Jose Angel Bustillos, Michael John Pereira, Rodney Stevenson, a.k.a. “Arod”, Darius Thorn, a.k.a. “Bs” and “Beez”, Tremaine Smith and Anthony Fowler conspired to traffic cocaine and crack cocaine throughout East Texas. 

                On June 20, 2012, a federal grand jury returned a 10-count indictment charging 10 defendants, including Fowler, with drug trafficking violations. 

                This case is the result of an ongoing Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) joint investigation.  The principal mission of the OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking, weapons trafficking and money laundering organizations, and those primarily responsible for the nation’s illegal drug supply. 

               This case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Nacogdoches Police Department, and the Nacogdoches County Sheriff’s Office and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Baylor Wortham.

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Updated March 12, 2015