Kentucky Man Sentenced to Over 13 Years in Federal Prison After Coming to Indiana to Distribute over A Kilogram of Crystal Methamphetamine

EVANSVILLE- Larry Beville, 61, of Louisville, Kentucky, has been sentenced to 160 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.

According to court documents, on August 24, 2022, as part of an ongoing investigation, members of the Evansville-Vanderburgh County Drug Task Force and the Drug Enforcement Administration stopped Larry Beville near the 8000 block of Eagle Crest Boulevard after observing a violation of traffic laws. Upon approaching the car, a detective saw drug paraphernalia and smelled burnt marijuana. Officers obtained a warrant to search the vehicle, and recovered marijuana, a glass, smoking pipe with apparent drug residue, and a plastic container that held a gallon-sized Ziploc bag full of over 1 kilogram of crystal methamphetamine.

When questioned by detectives, Beville initially stated that he did not know anything about the bag full of methamphetamine, but then changed his statement to acknowledge that there was a “kilo of methamphetamine” in the bag. Beville stated that he was delivering the methamphetamine to Evansville from Kentucky for distribution.

United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, Zachary A. Myers, Michael Gannon, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s Indianapolis Field Office, and Chief Billy Bolin of the Evansville Police Department made the announcement.

“The serious federal sentenced imposed today should be a warning to all who intend to traffic dangerous drugs into our communities—you are not welcome in the Southern District of Indiana,” said United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, Zachary A. Myers. “I am grateful to our partners at the DEA and Evansville Police Department who continue to get deadly drugs and drug traffickers off our streets and out of our neighborhoods.”

Evansville Police Department and DEA investigated this case. The sentence was imposed by U.S. District Court Judge Richard L. Young. Judge Young also ordered that Beville be supervised by the U.S. Probation Office for 5 years following his release from federal prison.

U.S. Attorney Myers thanked Assistant United States Attorney Kristian Mukoski, who prosecuted this case.

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