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Date: 09-07-2020
Case Style:
United States of America v. Kenneth S. Embry
Case Number: 1:20-cr-00020-GNS
Judge: Greg N. Stivers
Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky (Warren County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney:
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Description:
Bowling Green, KY - The United States of America charged Kenneth S. Embry, ate 33, with armed drug trafficking.
Defendant was charged via a three count federal indictment with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
According to a criminal complaint, on or about April 1, 2020, Agents with the South Central Kentucky Drug Task Force learned Embry was trafficking large amounts of methamphetamine. Utilizing investigative techniques task force agents obtained a warrant for a motel room occupied by Embry. A search of his car revealed approximately 166 grams of crystal methamphetamine and a Colt .380 semiautomatic pistol. A search of the motel room produced numerous items of drug paraphernalia including: digital weight scales, unused clear plastic baggies and smoking devices. Agents also uncovered a plastic baggie containing a brown powder substance, suspected to be heroin.
Embry is a convicted felon with convictions for possession of a controlled substance in Logan County Circuit Court cases 13-CR-00009 and 19-CR-00054.
The defendant faces no less than 10 years and no more than life in prison for possession with intent to distribute Methamphetamine. He faces no more than 10 years for possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, and no less than 5 years and no more than life for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Mark Yurchisin of the U.S. Attorney’s Bowling Green Branch Office. The case is being investigated by the South Central Drug Task Force which was designated last month by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy as part of the Appalachia High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA).
21:841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(A)(viii) POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE METHAMPHETAMINE
(1)
18:922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2) POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A PROHIBITED PERSON
(2)
18:924(c)(1)(A) POSSESSION OF A FIREARM IN FURTHERANCE OF DRUG TRAFFICKING
(3)
Outcome: The charges set forth in the Indictment are merely accusations and do not constitute proof of guilt. Every defendant is presumed to be innocent unless and until proven guilty.
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