Federal Grand Jury Indicts Hopkinsville Man for Methamphetamine Trafficking

Paducah, KY – A federal grand jury in Paducah, Kentucky returned an indictment on June 13, 2023, charging a Hopkinsville man with methamphetamine trafficking.   

U.S. Attorney Michael A. Bennett of the Western District of Kentucky, Special Agent in Charge Ronald Yeatts of the United States Army’s Criminal Investigation Division (CID) at Fort Campbell, and Sheriff Tyler DeArmond of the Christian County Sheriff’s Office made the announcement.

According to the indictment, Stephen Antwain Taylor, 30, was charged with possessing with the intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine.   

Taylor made his initial court appearance before a U.S. Magistrate Judge in the Western District of Kentucky on June 15, 2023. If convicted, Taylor faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years and a maximum sentence of life in prison. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the sentencing guidelines and other statutory factors. There is no parole in the federal system.

This case is being investigated by the United States Army CID at Fort Campbell and the Christian County Sheriff’s Office, with the assistance of the DEA Paducah Post of Duty.

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

An indictment is merely an allegation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

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