A Houston man who tried to outrun law enforcement and allegedly fling kilos of meth out of his car window will be spending more than a decade in federal prison for his troubles. Devon Shermaine Rhodes, 45, was sentenced last Friday to 135 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to possessing more than five kilograms of crystal methamphetamine with intent to distribute. U.S. District Judge Keith P. Ellison rejected Rhodes’s bid for a 46-month sentence and instead ordered five years of supervised release to follow his prison term. Prosecutors said the punishment traces back to a November 2022 drug deal and a high-speed chase in which Rhodes tried to ditch bulk meth on a Houston roadway.
According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Rhodes pleaded guilty on September 15 after paying more than $10,000 in cash for roughly five kilograms of crystal meth on November 8, 2022. Officials said he has remained in custody while awaiting transfer to a Federal Bureau of Prisons facility, and that Assistant U.S. Attorney Shelley J. Sullivan handled the prosecution.
High-Speed Chase and Kilos Flying Onto the Road
When law enforcement tried to pull Rhodes over, he took off, hitting speeds of up to 100 mph, and during the pursuit he tossed multiple kilograms of methamphetamine out of the driver’s-side window, according to FOX 26 Houston. Some of the packaging burst open on the roadway. A later search of his vehicle turned up additional quantities of crystal meth…