Dwight Quentin Buckley, 26, of Farmington has been sentenced to seven years in prison for drug possession. He was arrested by Pevely Police at a hotel in September 2022, court records show.
Buckley pleaded guilty on July 24 to possession of a controlled substance. Jefferson County Div. 4 Circuit Judge Brenda Stacey sentenced him to seven years in prison, according to court documents.
Buckley will serve that sentencing concurrently, or at the same time, with a four-year sentence he received in St. Francois County after previously pleading guilty to second-degree domestic assault, second-degree burglary, two counts of possession of a controlled substance and resisting arrest. He was on probation when he was arrested in Pevely, court records show.
Pevely Police arrested Buckley on Sept. 28, 2022, at the Super 8 hotel, 1711 Hwy. Z. The officers were at the hotel to arrest Ashlyn S. Graham, who was wanted by St. Louis Police on a felony warrant, the case’s probable-cause statement said.
Buckley and Graham were in the same hotel room when officers arrived. While Graham was being arrested, an officer found 21 capsules containing a white powder and four blue pills in the cargo pocket of Buckley’s pants, the report said.
Graham told the officers the pills belonged to her, along with a syringe that had a clear liquid inside it and a metal spoon with residue that also were found in the room. Buckley also said the pills belonged to Graham, but he said he put them in his pocket when officers knocked on the room’s door, according to the report.
He also told investigators that both he and Graham use the pills, the report said.
Court records show that Graham on July 17 pleaded guilty to second-degree drug trafficking, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. Stacey suspended the imposition of a sentence and placed Graham on five years’ probation.
Jefferson County assistant prosecuting attorney Lindsay Whalen prosecuted both cases.