Henderson County man sentenced to federal prison for trafficking methamphetamine in the Eastern District of Texas

TYLER, Texas - A Brownsboro man has been sentenced to over 15 years in federal prison for trafficking methamphetamine in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.

Bradley Korral Gould, 36, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and was sentenced to 188 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Jeremy D. Kernodle on July 6, 2026.

According to information presented in court, on October 4, 2024, Henderson County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a shooting in Brownsboro, where they found Gould inside his vehicle with a gunshot wound to his upper thigh. While investigating the shooting, deputies located an abandoned backpack on the roadside between Gould's vehicle and the location of the reported shooting. Inside the backpack, deputies located 121.3 grams of methamphetamine, 50.86 grams of cocaine, and pills containing fluorofentanyl, a fentanyl analogue. Also, inside the backpack, deputies discovered the title of the vehicle in which Gould was found bearing Gould's name. Gould admitted that the backpack and its contents belonged to him and agreed to forfeit a pistol found at the location of the shooting.

This case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide 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.

The case was investigated by the FBI, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and Henderson County Sheriff's Office and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Lucas Machicek.

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