BRYSON CITY, N.C. – On Wednesday, June 15, 2011, U.S. District Judge Martin
Reidinger ordered a Cherokee County man to serve 37 months in federal prison to be followed by
three years of supervised release for firearms related offenses, announced U.S. Attorney Anne M.
Tompkins of the Western District of North Carolina. Judge Reidinger also ordered that the
defendant pay a $200 assessment fine and reimburse his court-appointed counsel.
U.S. Attorney Tompkins is joined in making today’s announcement by Sheriff Keith Lovin,
of the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office.
On August 4, 2010, a federal grand jury indicted Kenneth Nolan Millsaps, 31, of Andrews,
N.C. on one count of possession of a firearm while addicted to an unlawful substance, and one count
of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Millsaps pled guilty to both counts on November
22, 2010.
The defendant has been in local federal custody in the Western District of North Carolina
since August 2010. Upon designation of a federal facility, he will be transferred into custody of the
Federal Bureau of Prisons. Federal sentences are served without the possibility of parole.
The investigation of the case was handed by the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office, and the
prosecution was handled for the government by Assistant U.S. Attorney Don Gast of the U.S.
Attorney’s Office in Asheville.
The citizens of Cherokee County play a crucial role in crime deterrence and criminal apprehension. If our Sheriffs’ Office can be of assistance to you, please don’t hesitate to contact us. We are committed to having a Sheriffs’ Office ready and willing to facilitate your law enforcement needs in a responsive, reliable and professional manner. Sheriff Keith Lovin
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