Two of the 13 defendants indicted by the Bee County Grand Jury last Thursday morning face serious prison time if they are convicted of the crimes named in the true bills.

Billie Jean Avery could be sentenced to anywhere from 25-99 years or life in prison is convicted of fraud charge — enhanced.

According to Beeville Police Department investigators, Avery tried to buy Lortab, a prescription drug, using a fraudulent prescription form on Jan. 15.

The punishment range of the crime was enhanced because Avery had a couple of previous felony convictions.

Those included a conviction in Victoria County on a charge of forgery on June 24, 1993. She was placed on community supervision for that offense but the probation was revoked on Aug. 18, 1994, and she was sentenced to five years with the institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Then on Oct. 17, 2002, Avery was convicted on a charge of burglary of a habitation in Bee County.

District Judge Joel Johnson set her bond at $3,000.

Others indicted on Oct. 29 included:

•Michael Huerta on a charge of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, four-200 grams.

The offense is a first degree felony punishable by up to 99 years or life in prison and a fine of $10,000.

According to investigators with the Bee County Sheriff’s Office, Huerta had cocaine in his possession on Feb. 13.

Bond was $10,000.

•Felix E. Berruz on a charge of assault against a public servant, a second degree felony.

If convicted, the defendant faces up to 20 years in prison and a fine of as much as $10,000.

Sheriff’s office investigators alleged that Berruz injured Deputy Adam Levine while the deputy was trying to arrest him on May 3.

The charge was enhanced because the defendant had a previous felony conviction on a charge of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle on April 9, 1992, in Bee County.

•Jason Jonathan Keller in a three-count indictment on charges of possession of marijuana, four ounces to five pounds, in a drug free-zone, engaging in organized criminal activity and delivery of marijuana with remuneration in a drug-free zone.

The two marijuana charges are third degree felonies and they can result in a prison term of up to 10 years and a $10,000 fine upon conviction. The engaging in organized criminal activity is a second degree felony.

According to police, the marijuana offenses took place on May 1 within 1,000 feet of A.C. Jones High School, 1902 N. Adams St.

The investigators also alleged that Keller was a member of the Mexican Mafia prison and street gang at the time of the incident.

Bond was $10,000.

•Matthew Suniga in a six-count indictment.

Five of the counts were on charges of burglary of a habitation, all second degree felonies. One of the indictments was on a charge of theft of a firearm, a state jail felony punishable by a term of up to two years in a state jail facility and a fine of $10,000.

Deputies claimed that Suniga took a gun from a local man on July 22 during a burglary.

He also was indicted on the July 22 burglary and on suspicion of committing burglaries on July 5 and 27 and on Aug. 13.

Bond was $10,000.

•Pedro Ramon Paiz Jr. on a charge of unlawful possession of a firearm, enhanced to a second degree felony.

A state trooper allegedly found a firearm in the defendant’s possession on March 8. The offense reportedly occurred five years after the fifth anniversary of Paiz’s release from prison on a Feb. 26, 1993, conviction on a charge of attempted murder in Throckmorton County, in a place other than his home in Graham, Texas.

The charge was enhanced because the defendant also had a previous felony conviction on a chart of aggravated assault on Feb. 26, 1993, in Throckmorton County.

Bail was $5,000.