Donald Demil Clay, 50, of Frankfort was sentenced on July 17 to 240 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge David Bunning for possession with intent to distribute cocaine.
According to testimony at trial, law enforcement began investigating Clay after receiving multiple tips that he was renting a commercial property in Frankfort used for storing and distributing cocaine. After several months of surveillance, officers obtained and executed a search warrant at the property maintained by Clay. Police seized approximately four ounces of cocaine concealed in a box attached to a custom poker table.
Clay had previously been convicted of possession with intent to distribute cocaine in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky in July 2014. The sentencing announcement was made jointly by Jason Parman, First Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky; Dennis M. Fetting, Acting Special Agent in Charge with Homeland Security Investigations; Jim Scott, Special Agent in Charge with the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Louisville Field Division; and Chief Derrick Napier of the Frankfort Police Department.
The investigation was conducted by Homeland Security Investigations, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Frankfort Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Todd Bradbury prosecuted the case on behalf of the United States.
The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky enforces federal laws and prosecutes criminal cases while working under the U.S. Department of Justice and serving its district through collaboration with federal, state, and local agencies on initiatives such as drug abuse prevention and elder protection programs like the Elder Justice Task Force and Heroin Education Action Team, according to the official website.