Christian County Woman Sentenced to Over 11 Years in Federal Prison for Distributing Methamphetamine and Violating Supervised Release

Paducah, KY – A Christian County, Kentucky, woman was sentenced yesterday to 10 years in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine, followed by an additional 1 year and 6 months in prison for violating a previous term of federal supervised release.

U.S. Attorney Michael A. Bennett of the Western District of Kentucky, Special Agent in Charge J. Todd Scott of the DEA Louisville Field Division, and Hopkinsville Police Chief Jason Newby made the announcement.

According to court documents, Ahgeana Bailey, 29, of Hopkinsville, was sentenced to 10 years in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for one count of distributing over 50 grams of methamphetamine. At the time she committed this offense, Bailey was on federal supervised release for a 2019 conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm. She was sentenced to an additional 1 year and 6 months in prison for violating the terms of her supervised release.  

There is no parole in the federal system.

The case was investigated by the DEA Paducah Post of Duty and the Hopkinsville Police Department. 

Assistant U.S. Attorney Leigh Ann Dycus, of the U.S. Attorney’s Paducah Branch Office, prosecuted the case.

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