Billy Shepherd, Conspiracy to Distribute Heroin and Cocaine, Kentucky 2014

A Floyd County man has been sentenced to 320 months in prison for his role in a drug conspiracy involving heroin, prescription drugs, and cocaine.

Billy Shepherd, 41, was sentenced on January 8th following convictions for conspiracy to distribute and possession of heroin.

Shepherd qualified as a career offender under federal law due to his significant criminal history, which includes first degree fleeing and evading police and first degree wanton endangerment.

According to evidence presented at trial, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant on a vehicle in which Shepherd was a passenger in 2013. They found 21 grams of heroin, along with Oxycodone pills and cocaine, that belonged to Shepherd.

The evidence also established that Shepherd conspired with five others to distribute heroin in Floyd County. The conspirators made trips to Columbus, Ohio to buy ounce quantities of heroin for distribution.

All of Shepherd’s co-defendants have pleaded guilty and have been sentenced for their roles in the conspiracy.

The investigation was conducted by the DEA, London Field Division; the Kentucky Attorney General’s Office; Kentucky State Police; and the Pikeville Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Todd Bradbury prosecuted this case on behalf of the federal government.

Under federal law, Shepherd will have to serve at least 85 percent of his prison sentence.

Shepherd was convicted by a jury in September 2014.

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