Man pleads guilty to role in conspiracy to distribute meth

A Columbia man pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to his role in a conspiracy to distribute drugs after someone was shot at his home.

Brian Davis, 55, pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and to possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime, according to the office of the United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri.

According to a news release, officers with the Columbia Police Department responded to Davis’ home in December 2017 after he reported someone broke into his home and shot a co-conspirator.

The man who was shot was taken to a hospital with several gunshot wounds, officials said. Davis told police that two men had pushed the co-conspirator from behind and forced their way into the home before Davis heard a few shots and saw his co-conspirator had been shot in the head, according to the news release.

Police searched the home the next day and found two kilograms of methamphetamine, nearly 400 grams of cocaine hydrochliride and nearly 700 grams of cocaine. Investigators also foun a loaded gun and a safe with $73,553, which Davis must forfeit to the government.

Under federal law, Davis faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison without parole and a maximum sentence of life in prison without parole.

A sentencing hearing has not yet been scheduled.

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