KENNETH D. WOODS, d/o/b 4-09-1966, of Branson, was sentenced on Thursday, May 7, 2015, to ten (10) years in prison for the class B felony of possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute. Taney County Circuit Court Judge Laura Johnson sentenced Woods pursuant to a plea agreement that capped the potential sentence at ten (10) years and allowed Woods to argue to the court for probation.

Woods was charged after being caught by Branson Police on September 17, 2014, in a motel room with methamphetamine and multiple known drug-users. Woods admitted that he was selling meth out of that motel room. Two other people in the motel room were caught in possession of property recently stolen from Wal-Mart.

The class B felony of possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute is punishable by up to fifteen (15) years in the Missouri Department of Corrections.