LEXINGTON, Ky. – Two Richmond, Ky., residents have been sentenced for conspiring to distribute large quantities of fentanyl.
U.S. Senior District Court Judge Joseph M. Hood sentenced Travis B. Preston, 28, to 11 years of imprisonment for conspiring to distribute 40 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl. Tiffany L. Griffith was sentenced to five years of imprisonment for aiding and abetting the distribution of 40 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl. Both defendants must serve 85 percent of their respective prison sentences. Following the completion of their sentences, Preston and Griffith will be under the supervision of the United States Probation Office for eight years and four years, respectively.
Preston and Griffith admitted to possessing approximately 121 grams of fentanyl for distribution. The fentanyl was discovered in Griffith’s purse during a traffic stop that occurred on April 5, 2016, in Lancaster, Ky.
The defendants pleaded guilty to the charges in December of 2016.
Carlton S. Shier, IV, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Timothy J. Plancon, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration, Richard W. Sanders, Commissioner, Kentucky State Police, and Tim Davis, Garrard County Sheriff, jointly made the announcement today.
The investigation was conducted by the Garrard County Sheriff’s Office, the Kentucky State Police, and the Drug Enforcement Administration. The United States was represented in the case by Assistant United States Attorney Robert M. Duncan, Jr.