DRUG SUSPECT ENTERS GUILTY PLEA IN SUPERIOR COURT

By Jon Mayhew [LINCOLNTON] – A Lincolnton drug suspect’s trial came to a halt Monday afternoon after he pled guilty to two charges of selling drugs to an undercover officer.

Manuel Everett Tucker was sentenced to 136 – 173 months in the North Carolina Department of Corrections by presiding judge Timothy S. Kincaid.

According to Lincolnton Police detective Dennis Harris, Tucker entered to guilty pleas on charges stemming from undercover drug buys on May 10 and May 12, 2006.

“There were two other drug buys as well,” said Harris in a telephone interview. “He also faced a burglary charge from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office.”

Tucker was also charged with being a habitual felon, as he had three prior felony convictions according to Harris.