United States Attorney James T. Jacks
Northern District of Texas

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2010
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/txn/

SAN ANGELO, TEXAS, MAN SENTENCED TO 120 MONTHS
FOR POSSESSING, WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE, CRACK COCAINE

Defendant Convicted at Trial - Hid Crack in His Anal Cavity

LUBBOCK, Texas — Rondrick Lamar Gray, 22, of San Angelo, Texas, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 120 months imprisonment and an eight-year term of supervised release, announced U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas. A federal jury in Lubbock convicted Gray in August on an indictment charging one count of possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of cocaine base (crack cocaine).

Gray was arrested by San Angelo Police Department officers on outstanding warrants following a traffic stop on April 23, 2010. Prior to arresting Gray, officers removed the passenger from his car. The passenger told officers that as they were stopping the car, Gray threw a clear plastic bag, containing what she believed to be crack cocaine on her lap, telling her to hide it. The passenger refused and stated that she put the crack cocaine between the seats before exiting the vehicle. A search confirmed that the passenger was not in possession of the crack.

Repeated searches of Gray’s vehicle, and Gray, failed to reveal the drugs, however, a narcotics dog alerted at the location where the passenger said she stashed the bag. Strip searches by jail staff of Gray, in which he was evasive and uncooperative, also failed to locate the crack. However, after a thorough examination by a physician, a plastic bag containing nearly 10 grams of crack cocaine was located in Gray’s rectum and removed by the physician.

The case was investigated by the San Angelo Police Department, Angelo State University Police Department, the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey R. Haag, of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Lubbock, prosecuted.

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