SEALY MAN CHARGED IN FEDERAL DRUG INDICTMENT
A Sealy man is one of seven people being charged in a multi-count federal drug indictment.
53-year-old Timothy Perkins is charged with one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine hydrochloride, and two counts of possession with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine hydrochloride.
On Monday, September 19th, Austin County Sheriff’s Office personnel assisted the Drug Enforcement Administration and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms in the execution of an arrest and search warrant of Perkins.
At approximately, 5:30 a.m. authorities went to Settlers Way in Sealy to take Perkins into custody. The address had been deemed “high risk” due to gang affiliation with the investigation. However, Perkins was not at that address at the time of the investigation. Later, on September 22nd, agents successfully located and arrested Perkins hiding in a hotel room in Katy.
The indictment is the result of a two-year investigation by the federal Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force. Perkins now faces a maximum sentence of 120 years in prison and a $15 million fine.
The six other individuals arrested as part of the indictment are all residents of Mississippi:
Leon Brown, 50, of Canton, is charged with one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine hydrochloride, and two counts of possession with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine hydrochloride.
Shredewrick Anderson, 41, of Richland, is charged with one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine hydrochloride, and one count of possession with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine hydrochloride.
Charlie Lee Martin, 53, of Jackson, is charged with one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine hydrochloride, and two counts of possession with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine hydrochloride.
Peter Gregory, 39, of Utica, is charged with one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine hydrochloride, and one count of possession with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine hydrochloride.
Antwaine Rhodes, 31, of Jackson, is charged with one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine hydrochloride and cocaine base, one count of possession with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine hydrochloride, one count of possession with intent to distribute more than 28 grams of cocaine base, and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
Rudolph Walker, 55, of Jackson, is charged with one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine hydrochloride, and one count of possession with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine hydrochloride.
The case is scheduled for trial before U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan, III, on November 8, 2016.