Press release
On Friday morning, Kelly Bryan Ivy (45, formerly of Malakoff) plead to 20 years incarceration in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Ivy plead no contest to Possession of a Controlled Substance. The plea took place in the 173rd Judicial District Court with Judge Dan Moore presiding.
Assistant District Attorney Justin Weiner prosecuted the case on behalf of Scott McKee’s District Attorney’s Office.
Weiner said, “This sentence is both equally fair and severe. Mr. Ivy’s previous criminal convictions and trips to prison allowed us to enhance the range of punishment in this case. The possession, use, and trafficking of narcotics in Henderson County cannot be tolerated.”
On May 11, 2014 Officer Dan Huckabee, then of the Caney City Police Department, conducted a traffic stop on Texas State Highway 198. A white Ford Ranger pickup truck was observed with a vehicle registration sticker that was unreadable due to severe windshield cracking. Officer Mickey Trahern, then of Log Cabin Police Department, arrived at the scene to assist Officer Huckabee. After approaching the vehicle, the officers observed multiple hypodermic syringes that were visibly hanging out of his right front pants pocket.
Ivy was removed from the vehicle and placed in hard restraints for officer safety. Officer Trahern performed a presumptive field test for narcotics on the syringes which tested positive for methamphetamines. After searching Ivy’s truck and another baggie containing a crystal substance. Ivy was arrested for possession of a controlled substance.
Ultimately, the baggie was sent to the Texas Department of Public Safety Tyler Crime Laboratory. Forensic Scientist Caroline Allen determined that the baggie contained 1.28 grams of Methamphetamine.
District Attorney Scott McKee indicated that law enforcement has been very successful over the past six years in rooting out and prosecuting those that possess or sell meth.
According to McKee, the days of meth labs in Henderson County are just about over. “What we see now is Crystal meth or “ice” as it is called on the streets. Law enforcement has now shifted their efforts to the folks that bring meth in from Dallas or Mesquite.”