KCK man sentenced for meth trafficking

A Kansas City, Kansas, man has been sentenced in federal court for distributing methamphetamine.

Jeffery N. Sharp, 33, was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Judge Howard F. Sachs in federal court in Kansas City, Missouri, to 10 years in federal prison without parole.

On Nov. 10, 2020, Sharp pleaded guilty to five counts of distributing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Sharp sold methamphetamine to an undercover law enforcement officer on five separate occasions from Aug.6 to Nov. 1, 2018, according to the U.S. attorney’s office in the Western District of Missouri.

This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Greg R. Coonrod and Mary Kate Butterfield. It was investigated by the Jackson County Drug Task Force.