SOMERVILLE MAN SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS IN PRISON

  

A Somerville man has been sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty in 21^st District Court in Brenham.

28-year old Bobby Ortega was charged with Manufacture/Delivery of a Controlled Substance a Third Degree Felony.

Ortega arrested following a traffic stop in December.

Investigation revealed that Ortega was concealing numerous items in his vehicle, including drugs.

Also sentenced, Thursday:

49-year old Thomas Lee Franklin, II, of Houston, was sentenced to eight months in prison for Possession of a Controlled Substance – a State Jail Felony.

Franklin was arrested by Brenham Police in May of last year.

And, 35-year old Soklarng Mom of Brenham, was placed on four years’ probation for Possession of a Controlled Substance in a Drug Free Zone—a Third Degree Felony.

He was also fined $2,000 and ordered to perform 50 hours of community service.