Two mid-Missouri men plead guilty in federal court to drug trafficking
Two men from Franklin and Boonville pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to drug trafficking charges.
Matthew Allen Hampton, 35, of Franklin, and Gregory Alan Kennedy, 53, of Boonville, pleaded guilty to the charges contained in a July 20, 2016, superseding indictment.
Hampton admitted he participated in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Boone, Cooper, Lafayette and Jackson Counties in Missouri from Aug. 25, 2015, to Jan. 11, 2016. Kennedy pleaded guilty to possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute.
Hampton could face a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in federal prison without parole or a maximum sentence of life in federal prison without parole.
Kennedy is subject to a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in federal prison without parole or a maximum sentence of 40 years in federal prison without parole.
