LONDON, Ky. - A Lexington, Kentucky, man, Michael Tutt, 51,
was sentenced to 142 months on Tuesday, by U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves,
for trafficking methamphetamine.
According to Tutt’s plea agreement, he admitted that from
November 2016 to July 2017, he conspired with others to distribute
methamphetamine in Laurel and Fayette Counties.
Tutt further admitted to importing and distributing between 3 and 10
ounces of methamphetamine per week, every week for at least six months.
According to his plea agreement, the drugs came from various sources based in
the Louisville area and Atlanta area. Tutt admitted to selling the
methamphetamine to various drug dealers, as well as users. The criminal
conspiracy to distribute the drugs involved a number of co-defendants.
Tutt was indicted on the charges in July 2017 and was the
final member of the conspiracy to be sentenced.
His co-defendants have received the following sentences: Ashley A. Evans (63 months); Alfredo Martinez
(192 months); Katherine Miller (33 months); Rachell D. Peppers (92 months);
Jacqueline M. Robinson (15 months); Brandon M. Rush (144 months); Christian
Omar Torres (168 months); Marco Antonio Valencia-Fiesco (20 months); Lajoyia
Whitney (31 months); Sandy Leon Whitney (5 months); and Abdul M. Wilkerson (66
months).
Under federal law, Tutt and his co-defendants must serve 85
percent of their prison sentences. Tutt
will be under the supervision of the U.S. Probation Office for five years,
following his release.
Robert M. Duncan, Jr., United States Attorney for the
Eastern District of Kentucky, and James Robert Brown, Jr., Special Agent in
Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, jointly announced the sentence.
The investigation was conducted by the FBI. The United
States was represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney William Samuel Dotson.
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