A Maysville, Kentucky man, David M. Elliot, aged 35, received a sentence of 262 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Chief U.S. District Judge David Bunning handed down the sentence on Thursday.
Elliot's plea agreement revealed that on September 1, 2024, law enforcement stopped a vehicle driven by Courtney Beckett, Elliot’s co-defendant, due to several traffic violations. Officers discovered a methamphetamine pipe in Beckett's pocket and subsequently removed Elliot from the vehicle. They found two bags of methamphetamine in Beckett’s purse and an additional 165.5 grams of methamphetamine in Elliot’s waistband.
Elliot admitted ownership of all the methamphetamine and explained that he and Beckett had traveled to the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky region to purchase it before returning to Maysville, Kentucky. He also instructed Beckett to hold the drugs for him. At the time of this offense, Elliot was on parole following a March 2022 conviction for trafficking controlled substances in Mason Circuit Court.
Beckett has already been sentenced to 66 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release.
Federal law mandates that Elliot serve at least 85 percent of his prison term. After his release, he will be under supervision by the U.S. Probation Office for ten years.
The sentencing announcement was made jointly by Paul McCaffrey, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky; Jim Scott, Special Agent in Charge at DEA Louisville Field Division; and Chief Casey Kilgore from Ft. Thomas Police Department.
The investigation involved both the DEA and Ft. Thomas Police Department with Assistant U.S. Attorney Joel King prosecuting the case.
