Bollinger County Man Sentenced on Drug and Gun Charges

The United States Attorney's Office announced that Clinton Jay Reynolds, age 27, of Marble Hill Missouri, was sentenced to 92 months of incarceration for Possession of 50 Grams or More of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute and Possession of Firearms by a Felon. Reynolds was also ordered to serve a total of 4 years of supervised release and pay a $200 special assessment. Reynolds appeared before United States District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr. on July 30, 2018.

Reynolds had previously pleaded guilty to possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute and possessing firearms after being convicted of several felony offenses. Reynolds was arrested after the Bollinger County Sheriff’s Department executed a search warrant at his residence near Marble Hill in rural Bollinger County and seized 62 grams of methamphetamine and eight firearms. Reynolds has prior felony convictions for Possession of a Controlled Substance, Burglary Second Degree, Receiving Stolen Property, Felony Theft and felony Resisting Arrest by Fleeing.

This case was investigated by the Bollinger County Sheriff’s Department, the Southeast Missouri Drug Task Force, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.  Special Assistant United States Attorney Timothy J. Willis handled the prosecution for the Government.