Jeffery Pollard Jr., Armed Methamphetamine Trafficking, Kentucky 2020

COVINGTON, Ky. - Jeffery Pollard Jr., a 26-year-old man from Florence, Kentucky, pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday, before U.S. District Judge David Bunning, to possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.

According to Pollard’s plea agreement, on January 30, 2020, law enforcement stopped a car with Pollard as a passenger. During the traffic stop, law enforcement saw a handgun, which was loaded, on top of a black bag. The bag contained 21.84 grams of methamphetamine and a digital scale. Pollard admitted that the methamphetamine and handgun belonged to him, and that he possessed the firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.

Pollard was indicted in March 2020. Robert M. Duncan, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky; James Robert Brown, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Louisville Field Office, and Police Chief Robert Nader, Covington Police Department, jointly announced the guilty plea.

The investigation was conducted by the FBI and Covington Police Department. The United States was represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Amanda Harris.

Pollard is scheduled to be sentenced on November 20. He faces a minimum of 10 years and up to life in prison. However, any sentence will be imposed by the Court, after its consideration of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and the federal sentencing statutes.

This case is another example of the Department of Justice’s efforts to reduce violent crime in communities through the “Project Safe Neighborhoods” Program (PSN) and Project Guardian, a nationwide initiative to reduce gun violence and enforce federal firearms laws.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edky/pr/florence-man-pleads-guilty-armed-methamphetamine-trafficking-0