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Cedric Swanagan, 37, Sentenced to 30 Years for Methamphetamine Trafficking
Owensboro, KY – In a federal courtroom, two Owensboro men were sentenced to decades in prison for conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Cedric Swanagan was convicted of conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute over 50 grams of methamphetamine between September 2021 and April 4, 2022, in Daviess County, Kentucky and elsewhere.
The jury also convicted both Cedric Swanagan and Courtland Reed of possession with the intent to distribute over 50 grams of methamphetamine on February 22, 2022, in Daviess County and elsewhere. The evidence presented at trial included recorded phone calls between the defendants that were intercepted during a federal wiretap investigation and evidence involving approximately 876 grams of pure methamphetamine associated with the defendants.
On May 23, 2024, Cedric Swanagan was sentenced by a United States District Court Judge for the Western District of Kentucky to 30 years in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.
The DEA and the Owensboro Police Department investigated this case, with assistance from the Daviess County Sheriff’s Office, the Department of Homeland Security Investigations, the Indiana State Police, the Kentucky State Police, the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office, the McLean County Sheriff’s Office, and the Owensboro-Daviess County Appalachia High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (AHIDTA) Task Force.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Frank Dahl and Josh Porter prosecuted the case, with assistance from paralegal specialist Aaron Cooper.
Key Facts
- State: Kentucky
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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