WASHINGTON, May 26 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for distributing and conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, as well as possessing a firearm in furtherance of his drug distribution conspiracy.
Derone D. Gipson, 44, of Kansas City, Mo., was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Beth Phillips to 180 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release. Gipson was on federal supervised release for a previous federal drug conviction when he committed these offenses and Judge Phillips sentenced Gipson to 24 months in prison for violating his supervised release...