By BRENT MARTIN
St. Joseph Post
A 60-year-old Forest City man has been sentenced to 23 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of trafficking methamphetamine.
The Buchanan County Prosecutor’s office reports Buchanan County District Judge Daniel Kellogg sentenced Paul David Chaney to prison following the jury verdict.
The Buchanan County jury found Chaney guilty of Trafficking 2nd degree on February 28th. The jury found Chaney had more than 450 grams of meth in his possession when arrested in March of 2023.
The Buchanan County Drug Strike Force and St. Joseph Police Department Street Crimes Unit served a search warrant on Chaney’s residence on N. 3rd Street. Investigators found 641 grams of methamphetamine, packaged in different weights to sell. Prosecutors say a man arrived at the house to purchase meth while they served the search warrant.
A Buchanan County Drug Strike Force officer testified at the sentencing hearing Chaney’s supplier confessed that he was supplying Chaney with at least one-half pound of methamphetamine every day for distribution.
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