GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WNWN/WTVB) – A Battle Creek man has been given a 30 year federal prison sentence after being convicted of Possession of Controlled Substances with Intent to Distribute.
U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten announced the sentence that was handed down to 29-year-old Khilon Shaquille Samuel on Thursday. According to a news release issued by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, police stopped Samuel as he returned from Detroit to the Battle Creek area on April 30, 2022, and recovered more than 17 pounds of methamphetamine in his car.
Investigators executed a search warrant at Samuel’s home later that day and found an additional 183 grams of methamphetamine, approximately one-quarter kilogram of fentanyl, as well as 29 rounds of ammunition.
The case was investigated by the Battle Creek Police Department, the Drug Enforcement Administration, Homeland Security Investigations, and the Michigan State Police.
