Cincinnati Man Sentenced for Cocaine Trafficking

COVINGTON, Ky. - A Cincinnati, Ohio, man, Kevin Prince Davis, 46, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge David Bunning to 180 months in prison, for possession with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine.

According to his plea agreement, Davis was a passenger in a vehicle that was stopped for a traffic violation traveling on I-75. The officer who made the stop noticed the smell of marijuana from the passenger side of the vehicle. Davis was found with marijuana in his pocked. A search of the vehicle revealed six bricks of cocaine in the rear cargo area. Davis unsuccessfully attempted to flee on foot and eventually admitted to ownership of the cocaine.

Davis has a previous federal conviction of conspiracy to distribute five kilograms of cocaine.

Under federal law, Davis must serve 85 percent of his prison sentence. Upon his release from prison, he will be under the supervision of the U.S. Probation Office for 10 years.

Paul McCaffrey, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky; Rana Saoud, Special Agent in Charge, Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI); and Phillip J. Burnett, Jr., Commissioner of the Kentucky State Police, jointly announced the sentence.

The investigation was conducted by the HSI and KSP. Assistant U.S. Attorney Tony Bracke is prosecuting the case on behalf of the United States.

- END -