SAN ANTONIO – A Baytown man was sentenced in a federal court in San Antonio to 108 months in prison for trafficking methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas, Justin R. Simmons.According to court documents, Terry Lynn Clay, 57, conspired in June 2021 to traffic 992.4 grams of 100% methamphetamine and 526 grams of cocaine. An investigation revealed that Clay purchased the methamphetamine from Timothy Bland in Houston on June 9, 2021.
Later that day, Clay gave the narcotics to his associate Tonya Vonci Middleton-Harris for further trafficking. Texas Department of Public Safety arrested Clay and Middleton-Harris shortly after the exchange.Clay was taken into state custody upon arrest and transferred into federal custody on Feb. 8, 2022. On Oct. 29, 2024, he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine.Clay is the last of 10 defendants to be sentenced in this case, presided over by U.S. District Judge Jason K.
Pulliam. Middleton-Harris was sentenced to 24 months in prison on March 4. Bland is now serving a 235-month sentence.Assistant U.S. Attorney Sarah Spears prosecuted the case.This case was investigated and prosecuted by the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) as part of Operation Take Back America.
HSTFs, which were established by President Trump in Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion, are joint operations led by the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security. Operation Take Back America is a nationwide federal initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.###