Kentucky man will serve 10 years in prison for armed fentanyl trafficking
A Boyd County man will serve at least eight-and-a-half years behind bars for tracking fentanyl and illegal gun charges.
Terry Gannon, 52, was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison under the terms of a plea agreement he entered in September before U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky Judge David Bunning. He must serve at least 85% of his sentence under federal law.
Members of the Northeast Kentucky Drug Task Force raided Gannon’s Ashland home and car last year and uncovered eight guns, about 3 ounces of powdered fentanyl, more than a gram of methamphetamine, $11,049 in cash, ammunition, scales, baggies and a suspected drug ledger, according to the Ashland Police Department.
A confidential informant purchased 4 grams of fentanyl from Gannon Feb. 25 and 27, 2025, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.
He was charged with possession with the intent to distribute 40 grams or more fentanyl, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He had previous second- and third-degree drug trafficking convictions in Lawrence County, Ohio, which are felonies that prohibit him from having any firearm.
