Two men face charges in drug trafficking
A federal indictment pending in a Texarkana federal court accuses two men of trafficking methamphetamine locally and in California.
Initially, a two-count indictment charging only one of the men, Tacorrius Marquan Jordan, 23, was issued in May by a federal grand jury in the Texarkana Division of the Eastern District of Texas which accused Jordan of distributing methamphetamine locally beginning in April 2016.
Last month a superseding indictment charging Jordan and Keith Gerard Doucette, 35, was issued. The most recent indictment alleges the men con-
spired to traffic meth in Texas and in the Central District of California beginning in April 2016 to May 18, 2016.
The second count of the indictment alleges Jordan and Doucette possessed with the intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine May 18, 2016, in the Eastern District of Texas. Both men have entered pleas of not guilty to the charges. However, a docket entry in the case dated Tuesday indicates Jordan intends to change his plea to guilty.
Doucette was arrested July 12 in California and released on bond after appearing before a federal judge in that state. He was scheduled to appear for arraignment on the indictment Wednesday but his lawyer, Adam Koppekin of Encino, Calif., waived Doucette’s appearance at the hearing and entered a not guilty plea on his behalf.
While the documents currently on file in the case do not detail how the men trafficked drugs in or between Texas and California, records do show the investigation is being handled by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.
Doucette is scheduled for trial Sept. 25 before U.S. District Judge Robert Schroeder III. A date for Jordan to appear in court and change his plea has not been scheduled.
The indictment includes a notice from the government of its intent to seek Jordan’s forfeiture of $3,260.67 recovered from him at the time of his arrest as well as his forfeiture of a 2008 BMW X5 sport utility vehicle. The government is also seeking a $50,000 judgment against the men meant to represent the proceeds of their alleged crimes. Both counts pending against the men are punishable by 10 years to life, a fine up to $10 million, or both.