Man Sentenced to 10 Years on Drug and Weapons Charges

By Cecilia Green

Published on September 26, 2005

Resident of Henderson, Kentucky, Terry Lee Wood, pleaded guilty to possessing methamphetamine ingredients and paraphernalia with the intent manufacture, possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute, and possessing firearms.

Obiding by the law for mandatory minimum sentences, the U.S. District Court judge sentenced Wood to 10 years in federal prison. Upon his release from jail, 49-year-old Terry will be on supervised release for four years.

Wood's friend, Kim Basham, who testified in court that he was a good man and requested the court give leniency to the first-time offender, was disappointed by the lengthy sentence.

Wood was arrested during a traffic violation when the sheriff's deputies found methamphetamine, pseudoephedrine, and $1,600 cash in his vehicle. Later, during a search of his home, investigators found more methamphetamine, a methamphetamine lab, and three guns.

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