Lewisburg man gets 10 years in federal prison for meth trafficking

A Logan County man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for drug trafficking charges.

Chief United States District Judge Greg Stivers sentenced 34-year old Kenneth Embry of Lewisburg to 10 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, as announced by announced by U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky Michael Bennett.

Embry admitted that on April 2, 2020, he knowingly possessed with the intent to distribute, greater than fifty grams of actual methamphetamine.  He also admitted that he was in possession of a pistol while being a convicted felon.

The investigation was conducted by the South Central Kentucky Drug Task Force and Homeland Security Investigations.