34 Sentenced in Angelina County Methamphetamine Distribution Ring

Web Desk–On charges of having connections to an Angelina County methamphetamine distribution ring, thirty-four people have been sentenced to federal prison, the Department of Justice said.

The acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, Abe McGlothin Jr., announced the sentences on Monday. The convicted individuals are from Lufkin, Houston, Louisiana, and Florida.

They were the targets of a five-year investigation into methamphetamine trafficking in East Texas.

McGlothin’s office stated that the investigation and prosecution of these individuals have dismantled a drug trafficking organization operating in Mexico, Houston, Angelina County, and Tyler County.

“This effort is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) operation,” said McGlothin. “OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level criminal organizations that threaten the United States using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach.”

According to McGlothin, the investigation against the convicted individuals began in 2019 by Angelina County law enforcement.

The thirty-four people were reportedly sentenced for crimes including conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking.

The investigation involved multiple agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation-Lufkin, the Houston Police Department, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the Angelina County Sheriff’s Office, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Lufkin Police Department, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, and the Texas Department of Public Safety’s Criminal Investigations Division.

Below is a detailed table summarizing the sentenced individuals, their ages, places of residence, and the lengths of their sentences:

Name	Age	Residence	Sentence Length (months)
Jesus Sanchez-Rueda	33	Houston, TX	360
Jesse Canseco	35	Houston, TX	292
Oscar Negrete	26	Humble, TX	68
Adolfo Lopez-Lemus	35	Houston, TX	57
Ryan Canseco	35	Houston, TX	180 (120 + 60 for firearms violation)
Jason Thompson	44	Lufkin, TX	270 (210 + 60 for firearms violation)
Krista Thompson	38	Lufkin, TX	155 (95 + 60 for firearms violation)
Rogers Williams	31	Houston, TX	135
Edgar Reyes	26	Houston, TX	57
Edwin Galicia	26	Houston, TX	150
Joel Hernandez Jr.	30	Humble, TX	57
Matthew Rogers	43	Houston, TX	70
Robert Rogers	68	Woodville, TX	180 (120 + 60 for firearms violation)
Dustin Dauzart	32	Alexandria, LA	140
Everett Charles Lutz	67	Lufkin, TX	235
Amanda Jane Lorentz	37	Lufkin, TX	235
Kevin Edward Hughes	30	Lufkin, TX	120
Aaron Dewberry	52	Lufkin, TX	120
Charles Gregory Runnels	46	Zavalla, TX	137
Richard Lyles	44	Lufkin, TX	84
Shane Gammons	44	Lufkin, TX	96
Andrea Bosley	49	Lufkin, TX	37
Paul Smith	62	Lufkin, TX	77
Edgar Garcia Jr.	26	Nacogdoches, TX	151
Justin Michael Sanchez	33	Nacogdoches, TX	235
Beverly Hurst	26	Center, TX	151
Jason Clepper	36	Goliad, TX	150
Blake Trahan	29	Center, TX	48
Austin Yarbrough	32	Timpson, TX	188
Laddarus Perkins	40	Timpson, TX	135
Jeanese Fenley	43	Timpson, TX	70
Koury Nowell	49	Gary City, TX	33

For more detailed information, please refer to the official press releases from the U.S. Department of Justice and the Drug Enforcement Administration.