A Houston man appeared in a Beaumont federal courtroom yesterday and was sentenced to
14 ½ years in federal prison for drug trafficking in the eastern district of Texas. 44-year old
John Nealy Holt was one of 24 individuals charged with conspiring to possess with the intent
to distribute methamphetamine, possessing firearms, an using facilities to facilitate the
distribution of illegal narcotics. The case was the result of a 4 ½ year joint investigation. Holt
is the 24th and final individual to be sentenced to federal prison.