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HOUSTON<\/strong> – A 45-year-old Houston man has been sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison for possessing crystal methamphetamine with intent to distribute, the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office announced.<\/p>\n 11 years for five kilograms of meth <\/p>\n What we know:<\/p>\n Devon Shermaine Rhodes pleaded guilty on Sept. 15 and received a 135-month sentence from U.S. District Judge Keith P. Ellison, followed by five years of supervised release.\u00a0<\/p>\n Rhodes had asked the court for a 46-month sentence, arguing he neither discarded drugs nor drove dangerously during his arrest, but the court rejected his claim after reviewing video evidence.\u00a0<\/p>\n Judge Ellison cited Rhodes\u2019 extensive criminal history, the danger posed by crystal meth and the risk he presented to the Houston community.<\/p>\n Transfer to federal prison <\/p>\n What’s next:<\/p>\n Rhodes has remained in custody and will continue to do so pending transfer to a Federal Bureau of Prisons facility.<\/p>\n High-speed chase and throwing drugs <\/p>\n The backstory:<\/p>\n Authorities said the case stems from a Nov. 8, 2022, drug transaction at a local fast-food restaurant, where investigators observed Rhodes pay more than $10,000 in cash for about five kilograms of crystal meth. When law enforcement attempted a traffic stop later that day, Rhodes fled, reaching speeds of up to 100 mph.<\/p>\n During the chase, Rhodes threw multiple kilograms of methamphetamine out the driver\u2019s-side window, causing the packaging to burst on the roadway, according to officials.\u00a0<\/p>\n A subsequent search of his vehicle uncovered additional quantities of crystal meth.<\/p>\n Multi-agency Task Force investigation <\/p>\n Dig deeper:<\/p>\n The Drug Enforcement Administration led the investigation with assistance from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; Immigration and Customs Enforcement \u2013 Homeland Security Investigations; FBI; Harris County Sheriff\u2019s Office; and Houston Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Shelley J. Sullivan prosecuted the case.<\/p>\n The prosecution was part of Operation All Gas No Brakes.<\/p>\n The Source:<\/b> Information in this article was provided by the United States Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of Texas.<\/p>\n Crime and Public Safety<\/a>Houston<\/a>Texas<\/a>Harris County Sheriff’s Office<\/a>Harris County<\/a>Houston Police Department<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article Photo credit: RICHARD BOUHET\/AFP via Getty Images HOUSTON – A 45-year-old Houston man has been sentenced to…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":447532,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[6082,6386,20882,4345,22287,50,12632,358,23310,3187,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-447531","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-crime-publicsafety","9":"tag-harris-county","10":"tag-hcso","11":"tag-houston","12":"tag-houston-police","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-organization","15":"tag-texas","16":"tag-texas-dps","17":"tag-tx","18":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115720725277046311","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/447532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}