From the US Attorney's Office
BEAUMONT, TX - 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.
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.
