LONDON, Ky. - A Laurel County man, Timmy L. Fields, 58, was
sentenced to 300 months in federal prison on Friday, by U.S. District Judge
Robert Wier, after previously being convicted of possession with intent to distribute
over 500 grams of methamphetamine.
According to evidence at trial, on April 21, 2019, a
Kentucky State Police Trooper stopped Fields’ vehicle and found Fields in
possession of more than 985 grams of methamphetamine. Fields traveled to
Lexington to purchase the methamphetamine from a source of supply before
transporting it into Laurel County for distribution. Fields has prior felony
drug convictions for unlawful possession of a methamphetamine precursor and
trafficking in a controlled substance.
Fields was convicted in January 2020.
Robert M. Duncan, Jr., United States Attorney for the
Eastern District of Kentucky; Jeffrey Todd Scott, Special Agent in Charge, DEA
Louisville Field Division; and Rodney Brewer, Commissioner of the Kentucky
State Police, jointly announced the sentence.
The investigation was conducted by DEA and Kentucky State
PoliceThe United States was represented by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jenna E.
Reed and R. Nicholas Rabold.
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