FORT WORTH, Texas - Edwin Romine, 36, of Wichita Falls, Texas, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor to serve 235 months in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
Romine pleaded guilty in July 2015 to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute at least 50 grams of methamphetamine.
According to documents filed in the case, from July 2012 to his incarceration in state prison in late August 2014, Romine obtained, helped other obtain, and distributed methamphetamine in the Wichita Falls area.
The Drug Enforcement Administration, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Fort Worth Police Department investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Shawn Smith was in charge of the prosecution.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
