Frankfort Man Sentenced for Cocaine Trafficking

FRANKFORT, Ky. – A Frankfort man, Donald Demil Clay, 50, was sentenced on Thursday to 240 months by Chief U.S. District Judge David Bunning for possession with the intent to distribute cocaine. 

According to testimony at trial, the investigation as to Clay began with numerous tips to law enforcement that Clay was renting a commercial property in Frankfort that he used to store and to distribute cocaine. After several months of surveillance, law enforcement obtained and executed a search warrant at the property used and maintained by Clay. Police seized approximately 4 ounces of cocaine that was concealed in a box affixed to a custom poker table. 

Clay was previously convicted of possession with intent to distribute cocaine in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky in July 2014. 

Jason Parman, First Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky; Dennis M. Fetting, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI); Jim Scott, Special Agent in Charge, DEA, Louisville Field Division; and Chief Derrick Napier, Frankfort Police Department, jointly announced the sentencing.

The investigation was conducted by HSI, DEA, and the Frankfort Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Todd Bradbury prosecuted the case on behalf of the United States. 

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