Bowling Green man sentenced to 13.5 years for drug trafficking and firearm offenses

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A Bowling Green man has been sentenced to 13.5 years in prison for methamphetamine trafficking and firearm offenses.

According to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Kentucky, 38-year-old Steven Wayne Dye Jr.’s sentence is to be followed by four years of supervised release.

This follows after officials say Dye possessed and intended to distribute 176.5 grams of methamphetamine, along with a handgun.

Dye was prohibited from possessing a firearm because he had previously been convicted of prior felony offenses, according to officials.

United States Attorney Kyle Bumgarner stated, “Just three years ago, Dye was convicted of significant drug trafficking and firearm felonies in Simpson Circuit Court. His conviction and sentence didn’t get his attention; he returned to Simpson County armed with a firearm and continued to push poison into the community. Now, because of extraordinary coordination between the ATF and KSP, Dye will be serving 13.5 years in federal prison. Let this be a lesson to others with a callous disregard for the safety of our communities: if you don’t change your ways, law enforcement will find you and we will prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law.”

There is no parole in the federal system.

This case was investigated by the ATF Bowling Green Field Office and the Kentucky State Police.