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Date: 12-20-2021
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Case Number: 3:18-cr-00145-DJH-RSE
Judge: David J. Hale
Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Louisville, Kentucky criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with felony drug and firearm possession.
James Terry Wood, 37, possessed over 18 grams of fentanyl and a Browning .40 caliber handgun. Wood had previous felony convictions for reckless homicide, facilitating burglary and kidnapping, possessing controlled substances, being a felon in possession of a firearm, evading police, and tampering with evidence.
Wood had an outstanding federal arrest warrant, and on March 22, 2019, the United States Marshals Service located Wood in a truck in a Walmart parking lot on Raggard Road in Louisville. The Marshals, with assistance from the Louisville Metro Police Department, surrounded Wood’s truck. Wood then brandished a handgun, leading to a standoff that lasted several hours before Wood eventually got out of the truck and surrendered. Wood was convicted at trial on May 20, 2021.
“As demonstrated by this case, our federal law enforcement agencies have strong working relationships with LMPD,” stated Michael A. Bennett, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky. “I commend the U.S. Marshals Service, ATF, LMPD, and the assigned prosecutors for their outstanding work in making Louisville safer for all who live and work here.”
“Persons with histories of violent crime and drug offenses, like this defendant, pose an increased threat to the safety of our communities and are the focus of our firearms enforcement efforts,” said ATF Special Agent in Charge R. Shawn Morrow of the Louisville Field Division. “Today’s sentencing is another example of the ongoing efforts of ATF, Louisville Metro Police Department and U.S. Marshals Service partnering together to take a violent, repeat offender off the streets and make our communities safer for everyone.”
“LMPD is grateful to have such strong federal partnerships and we look forward to further dismantling criminal activity,” said Louisville Metro Police Chief Erika Shields. “We’re seeing how valuable these collaborations are as we strive to keep our community safe. We want the public to know this criminal conduct will not be tolerated in our community as demonstrated by the prosecution of this case.
Wood was sentenced to 147 months of incarceration followed by 5 years of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the United States Marshals, and the Louisville Metro Police Department investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Nute Bonner and David Weiser prosecuted the case.
21:846 and 841(b)(1)(A) CONSPIRACY TO POSSESS WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE
(1)
18:922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2) CONVICTED FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM
(3)
21:841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B): POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE HEROIN AND FENTANYL.
(5s)
18:922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2): CONVICTED FELON IN POSSESSION OF FIREARM.
(7s)
Outcome: Imprisonment - 147 months (concurrent); Supervised Release - 5 years
Motion for Leave to Appeal In Forma Pauperis. Reason for Deficiencies: Incomplete Form/Lack of Original Signature and No Proposed Order. Failure to comply will be brought to the attention of the Court. Response due by 1/3/2022. (DLW) (Entered: 12/27/2021)
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