GULFPORT, Miss. (WJTV) – Two former managers of the Economy Inn in Bay St. Louis have been sentenced for their involvement in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance.
Prosecutors said Pernell Robert Galloway, 54, was sentenced to 131 months in prison and Cassie Louise McKenzie, 42, was sentenced to 115 months in prison.
According to court documents, agents began investigating drug activity at the Economy Inn on U.S. Highway 90 in 2023. Agents received information that Galloway and McKenzie were managers of the hotel but also sold drugs from the hotel.
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Prosecutors said law enforcement began a controlled purchase of methamphetamine from the duo.
On or about June 8, 2023, a search warrant was executed at the Economy Inn where Galloway and McKenzie were staying. During the search, officers found an additional 14 grams of a field that tested positive for methamphetamine in two separate bags. Officers also found a firearm, a digital scale and other unused distribution bags.
Galloway and McKenzie were indicted by a federal grand jury and subsequently pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance.
The case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Hancock County Sheriff's Office.
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