ASHLAND A Westwood man pleaded guilty Monday to two federal drug charges, in connection with a September 2020 traffic stop by the Boyd County Sheriffâs Department.
Steven Halley, Jr., 27, entered a guilty plea to possession with the intent to distribute more than 5 grams of meth and possession of a firearm in the furtherance of a drug crime.
Halley was stopped Sept. 20, 2020, by the Boyd County Sheriffâs Department and the Tri-State Narcotics Team, wherein authorities seized 25 grams of meth, Xanax and a defaced .38 Derringer, according to a press release at the time.
Halleyâs plea agreement states at the time of his arrest, he copped to driving without a license and having the drugs and the gun inside the car.