Kentucky Crack Gangsta Sentenced

Sentenced to 140 months in prison for possession with intent to deal crack cocaine, possession of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime, and escape from custody.

September 3, 2008

LEXINGTON KY NEWS -- Crack gangsta, Antoine Gregory Hill, 22, of Lexington, Kentucky was sentenced Monday to 140 months in prison for possession with intent to deal 300 grams of crack cocaine, possession of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime, and escape from custody.

During his plea in May, Antoine Gregory Hill admitted that on February 21, 2008, he had approximately 300 grams of crack. The crack cocaine was discovered in Hill's apartment during a search by members of the Lexington Police Department. Prior to the searching of his apartment, Hill was arrested carrying a loaded pistol, and $3,940 of gwap.

Moreover, Hill admitted that on March 23, 2008, he escaped from the custody of the Fayette County Detention Center. Hill admitted that he used another inmate's identity to gain release from the jail. He was later apprehended on March 24, 2008. On August 25, Dejuan Isaac Perdue, 27, was sentenced to 66 months imprisonment for conspiring with Hill to distribute a detectable amount of cat's pee (crack cocaine). Perdue pleaded guilty and was ordered to pay a $5,632 fine in April 2008.

United States Attorney Jim Zerhusen said, "It's no secret that drugs and violent crime are problems in Lexington. More and more drug dealers are using weapons to facilitate drug transactions, which promotes violent crime. However, I think that prosecutions such as this one will show that local and federal law enforcement and the U.S. Attorney's Office are aggressively trying to eliminate this problem."

Both Hill and Perdue under federal law must serve 85 percent of their prison sentence. Hill will serve a minium of 119 months while Perdue will serve a minimum of 59.1 months. Upon release, Hill will be under the supervision of the United States Probation Office for five years. Perdue will be under the supervision of the United States Probation Office for six years.

James A. Zerhusen, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Ronnie Bastin, Chief, Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Division of Police, and Paul J. Vido, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF), Louisville Field Division, jointly made the announcement Monday after Hill's sentencing.

The investigation was conducted by the Lexington Police Department, and ATF. The United States was represented by Assistant United States Attorneys Robert M. Duncan, Jr. and Hydee Hawkins. Lock'um up boys! That is the only way to keep the cat's pee out of the lungs of Kentucky children.

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