Faces Mandatory Minimum 15 Year Sentence
Louisville, KY – This week, following a three-day trial, a federal jury convicted a Louisville, Kentucky man of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
U.S. Attorney Michael A. Bennett of the Western District of Kentucky, Special Agent in Charge Jim Scott of the DEA Louisville Field Division, and Chief Paul Humphrey of the Louisville Metro Police Department made the announcement.
According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, on April 17, 2023, Terry Masden, 51, distributed approximately 6 pounds of methamphetamine to the co-defendant, Dominique Kemp, 43, of Louisville. The Jury also found that Masden had previously been convicted of the following serious drug felony.
On August 24, 2011, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, Masden was convicted of the offense of possession with the intent to distribute oxycodone.
Masden is scheduled for sentencing on July 15, 2025, before a United States District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky. Masden was ordered detained in federal custody pending sentencing. He faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years and a maximum sentence of life in prison. The judge will determine the sentence after considering the sentencing guidelines and other statutory factors.
Kemp was previously convicted and sentenced to 5 years and 3 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for this charge.
There is no parole in the federal system.
The DEA and LMPD investigated the case.
Assistant United States Attorneys Frank Dahl and Joshua Porter are prosecuting the case with assistance from paralegal specialist Aaron Cooper.
This conviction is a part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETFs) and Project Safe Neighborhood (PSN).
