KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A Luttrell man was sentenced to three decades in prison after he pleaded guilty to drug charges and the attempted murder of two Tennessee Highway Patrol Troopers.
According to the Department of Justice, Cody Andrew Seals, 27, pleaded guilty in April to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, discharging a firearm in the furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and the attempted murder of two THP Troopers who were assisting federal law enforcement agencies. He was sentenced to 30 years in prison on September 13.
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The DOJ states that federal law enforcement agents and task force officers were investigating a Mexican drug trafficking cartel that was distributing hundreds of kilograms of methamphetamine into East Tennessee and elsewhere when the crimes Seals pleaded guilty to happened.
On January 9, 2020, officers conducting surveillance saw Seals driving up to a hotel to purchase large quantities of methamphetamine and heroin, the DOJ said. The officers then followed Seals and requested assistance from THP to stop Seals’ vehicle. The DOJ explained that when the two THP troopers attempted to conduct a traffic stop on Seals’ pick up on Highway 27 north of Chattanooga, Seals fled at a high rate of speed and fired a handgun at the Troopers.