TX: Former Panhandle DA gets five years on federal charge (drugs/firearms)

[rainbow4321]

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D8AF25M80.html


Rick Roach, 55, had pleaded guilty in exchange for dismissal of cocaine and methamphetamine possession charges. He had two handguns in his briefcase at the Gray County Courthouse in Pampa when he was arrested in January.

The judge on Wednesday added 14 months to the recommended sentence called for in federal guidelines because of Roach's position as district attorney for five Texas Panhandle counties.

Roach was initially charged on four federal counts that accused him of possessing methamphetamine, possession of cocaine and methamphetamines with intent to deliver, and the unlawful possession of a firearm by a drug addict.

Roach pleaded guilty to the firearms charge in February and signed a court document admitting he was an addict. The maximum he could have faced on the firearms charge was 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. A sentencing report completed since the plea recommended between 37 and 46 months.

[Jack_DeLeon]

1. While I have no problem with people owning either drugs or firearms...

I hate hypocrites and I'm sure as a DA he put away plenty of people for owning the same things that he did secretly.

The man is definately a cockroach.