A central Kentucky man has been sentenced to 93 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to distributing marijuana and money laundering.
Demetrius B. Catching, 32, of Nicholasville, was sentenced in U.S. District Court on Monday.
According to Catching’s plea agreement, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Kentucky said Catching admitted to distributing marijuana in the Lexington area, and then taking the proceeds from the marijuana sales and placing large sports bets and wagers at various Indiana casinos.
According to the plea, Catching was banned from one of the casinos on January 9, 2021, so he recruited others to go in his place to make his wagers, prosecutors said. Cash from the wagers was deposited in bank accounts in Catching’s name.
Catching was also ordered to forfeit approximately $215,000 in proceeds from his drug trafficking and money laundering offenses.
Under federal law, Catching must serve 85 percent of his prison sentence.
He is being held in the Grayson County Detention Center as he awaits a transfer to a federal prison.
By Ken Howlett, News Director
Contact Ken at ken@k105.com
