BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - A Casey County, Kentucky felon recently pleaded guilty in United States District Court before District Judge Greg N. Stivers, to multiple charges including being an armed career criminal, possession and distribution of a controlled substance, and possession of firearms by a convicted felon, announced United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr.
Jerry Wayne Threatt II, age 39, of Liberty, Kentucky pleaded guilty to all charges in a ten count indictment and agreed to a sentence of 180 months in prison on Oct. 11, 2016. Threatt remains in the custody of the United States Marshals Service and is scheduled for sentencing hearing in Bowling Green, before Judge Stivers on January 5, 2017, at 10am CST.
According to the plea agreement, Threatt sold a firearm and crystal methamphetamine, from his Liberty, Kentucky, home to a confidential informant on September 8, 2015, and on Sept. 30, 2015. Further, on Oct. 23, 2015, Threatt was observed and recorded selling a firearm and crystal meth to an informant in a grocery store parking lot located in Liberty.
In addition to the prison sentence, Threatt will forfeit a vehicle; U.S. currency totaling $3,290; a Jimenez Arms 9millimeter semi-automatic handgun; a KELTEC 9millimeter semi-automatic pistol; a Para-Ordinance, Model P16, 40 caliber pistol; a Hi-Point, Model JH 45 caliber pistol; a Ruger, 9 millimeter semi-automatic pistol; and Remington, Model 110012 gauge shotgun.
This case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Randy Ream and is being investigated by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Kentucky State Police (DESI West), and Casey County (Kentucky) Sheriff’s Department.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
