Three charged with federal drug offenses

By TONY FYFFE

BSN Editor

PIKEVILLE — Three people were charged in a federal indictment returned Thursday in a Johnson County drug case.

Davon J. Blackford, Megan S. Stacy and Ned C. Davis are charged with conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine from March through Dec. 3, 2021.

The indictment says that before Blackford committed the crime, he had a conviction for a “serious violent felony” — second-degree robbery — in Kentucky for which he served more than 12 months in prison.

In addition, Blackford and Stacy are charged with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine for allegedly possessing with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of the drug Dec. 2, 2021, in Johnson County.

Davis is additionally charged with three counts of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, three counts of felon in possession of a firearm, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking offense.

Davis possessed with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine on Nov. 8, 2021, and Dec. 3, 2021, in Johnson County and Feb. 12 of this year in Floyd County, the indictment says.

Davis, a convicted felon, also possessed a Ruger LCP .380-caliber pistol and a Taurus G2 9mm-caliber pistol on Nov. 8 in Johnson County, a SCCY CPX-1 9mm-caliber pistol and a Davis Industries Derringer .22-caliber handgun on Dec. 3 in Johnson County and a Taurus G2C 9mm-calber pistol on Feb. 12 in Floyd County, according to the indictment.

The firearms and $8,620 in cash seized from Davis on Feb. 12 are subject to forfeiture, the indictment says.