Jeffery Lee Davis, Methamphetamine Trafficking, Tennessee 2017

A 58-year-old Trenton, Tennessee man has been sentenced to 17 years in federal prison for his role in a methamphetamine trafficking operation.

Jeffery Lee Davis was sentenced to 210 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release by Chief U.S. District Judge S. Thomas Anderson on September 18, 2020.

According to information presented in court, on July 6, 2017, agents with the 28th Judicial District Drug Task Force and deputies with the Gibson County Sheriff's Office were attempting to serve an arrest warrant on Davis at his home in Trenton.

As they approached the residence, an agent observed Davis sitting at a desk weighing methamphetamine on a set of digital scales.

Also in plain view were two clear plastic bags containing approximately 13 grams of methamphetamine.

Law enforcement entered the home and took Davis into custody. While searching Davis, agents found another clear plastic bag containing 14 grams of methamphetamine.

Davis later admitted that the drugs were his and that this offense was his 'third-strike.'

On May 8, 2018, the Drug Enforcement Administration issued a Chemical Analysis Report confirming the drugs contained 27 grams of actual methamphetamine with a 98% purity level.

A jury convicted Davis of possession with the intent to distribute more than 5 grams of actual methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1) in January 2020.

Davis has an extensive criminal history, including four prior felony convictions involving the manufacturing and/or distribution of methamphetamine, as well as convictions for assault and burglary.

U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant said, 'Davis is a recidivist drug offender who was destroying this rural community by his sale of highly potent and poisonous drugs.'

He added, 'His prior felony convictions have finally caught up with him. This sentence removing him from the community for 17 years is just punishment for the countless people he has victimized with his repeated criminal conduct.'

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdtn/pr/recidivist-felon-sentenced-17-years-possession-intent-distribute-methamphetamine