90 Months In Prison For West Monroe Man

30 year old Kerry D. Gayfield was sentenced to 90 months in prison and three years of supervised release today for drug trafficking and illegally possessing a firearm.

Gayfield was sentenced by US District Judge Robert James for one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, one count of possession with intent to distribute marijuana and one count of possession of a firearm in relation to drug trafficking. Evidence was presented by West Monroe police who searched his home on January 10, 2013. Gayfield was found with a digital scale in front of him and a bag of marijuana in his hand. Also found on Gayfield was a loaded .38 caliber Smith and Wesson. A search of the home uncovered 43 and a half grams of marijuana, scales and other drug paraphenalia, $469 in cash, a bottle of liquid hydrocodone in someone else's name, two hydrocodone pills, cocaine and a second firearm.

Sentencing came after a guilty plea from Gayfield who was convicted of five other felonies since 2003.