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Date: 10-07-2021
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Case Number: 6:20-cr-00050-JDK-KNM
Judge: Jeremy D. Kernodle
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (Smith County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Tyler, TX: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with drug trafficking.
Theresa Cecelia Soliz, 37, was charged for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
Soliz was arrested in December 2019 following a traffic stop near Canton, during which she was found to be in possession of almost a kilogram of methamphetamine along with various pills, THC oil, and heroin. Soliz admitted to obtaining the methamphetamine from a supplier in Dallas, and that she intended to return to Tyler and distribute it to her customers, who would then repackage and sell it to users.
Soliz and three others were indicted for federal drug trafficking violations on July 15, 2020. Nasir Saleh-Saad Jabr, of Tyler, was sentenced to 140 months in prison on May 20, 2021; Ralph Paul Pressley, III, of Troup, was sentenced to 135 months in prison on April 23, 2021; and Tammy Lynn Dilbeck, of Troup, was sentenced to 100 months in prison on May 13, 2021.
This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Smith County Sheriff’s Office, the Van Zandt County Sheriff’s Office, and the Tyler Police Department. This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Lucas Machicek.
21 USC 841(a)(1) and 18 USC 2 -- POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE AND DISTRIBUTION OF METHAMPHETAMINE, AND AIDING AND ABETTING
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Outcome: Sentenced to 120 months imprisonment, 5 years supervised release, fine waived, $100 special assessment, standard/mandatory conditions/
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