BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A Bowling Green man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for drug trafficking and illegal handgun possession on Wednesday.
U.S. Attorney Michael A. Bennett of the Western District of Kentucky, Special Agent in Charge R. Shawn Morrow of the ATF Louisville Field Division, and Chief Michael Delaney of the Bowling Green Police Department made the announcement.
Court documents say, Jedidiah Martin, 44 of Bowling Green, received a sentence of 15 years followed by five years of supervised release. Martin possessed, with the intent to distribute, 221.4 grams of methamphetamine and illegally possessed a Springfield Armory XDS .45 caliber semiautomatic pistol. Martin is a convicted felon.
Martin was convicted of possessing a handgun by a convicted felon on February 13, 2017. Martin was also convicted of trafficking in a controlled substance within 1,000 feet of a school.
Martin was convicted of trafficking in a controlled substance 1st degree, 1st offense, and possession of a controlled substance 1st degree, 1st offense on May 5, 2023.
Martin will not receive parole in the federal system.
The ATF Bowling Green Field Office and Bowling Green Police Department investigated the case.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark J. Yurchisin II, of the U.S. Attorney’s Bowling Green Branch Office.