Kennett man sentenced to 8 years for selling meth

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – A Kennett man was sentenced to eight years in prison Monday for selling methamphetamine from his Dunklin County home.

U.S. District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig sentenced Anthony D. Emery, 48, of Kennett.

Fleissig pleaded guilty in December to one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and one count of possession of firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

He admitted possessing methamphetamine that he intended to sell to others and a loaded firearm to protect the meth, according to according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri Sayler Fleming.

After establishing probable cause that he was selling meth there, officers with the Kennett Police Department conducted a court-approved search of Emery’s home on May 3, 2022. They found five bags of meth with a combined weight of nearly one kilogram, $4,398 in cash, digital scales for weighing drugs for sale and a loaded Smith & Wesson .38 Special Revolver.

The Kennett Police Department investigated the case.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Julie Hunter prosecuted the case.