Jackson, TN – Following a three-day jury trial in U.S.
District Court, Jeffery Lee Davis, 59, of Trenton, TN, was found guilty of
possession of over 5 grams of actual methamphetamine with the intent to
distribute. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the guilty verdict
today.
According to information presented in court, on July 6,
2017, officers with 28th Judicial District Drug Task Force executed an arrest
warrant on the defendant, Jeffery Lee Davis, at his home in Trenton, Tennessee.
Prior to his arrest, officers observed Davis sitting at a desk in his home
weighing methamphetamine on a set of drug scales and packaging the
methamphetamine for resale. Davis was arrested and officers seized the
methamphetamine on the desk as well as an additional bag of methamphetamine
found on Davis' person.
In total, Davis possessed and intended to distribute
approximately 27 grams of actual methamphetamine with a 98% purity level. Davis
has an extensive criminal history, including multiple prior methamphetamine
manufacturing and trafficking convictions, as well as convictions for assault
and burglary.
Sentencing is scheduled before U.S. District Court Chief
Judge S. Thomas Anderson on April 7, 2020, where Davis faces a
mandatory-minimum sentence of five years imprisonment and a maximum sentence of
40 years imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release.
U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant said, "Davis is a
recidivist drug offender who was destroying this rural community by his sale of
highly potent and poisonous drugs, and his prior felony convictions have
finally caught up with him. Thanks to the great investigative work by our state
and local law enforcement partners at the 28th Judicial District Drug Task
Force, he has been held accountable and will be removed from the community."
This case was investigated by the 28th Judicial District
Drug Task Force, Drug Enforcement Administration, and Federal Bureau of
Investigation.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Josh Morrow and Matt Wilson
prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.
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