Hickman, Ky. Man Charged with Federal Narcotics and Firearms Offenses

Hickman, Kentucky Man Charged with Federal Narcotics and Firearms Offenses

Paducah, KY –A federal criminal complaint and arrest warrant was issued this week charging a Hickman, Kentucky man with conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute controlled substances and being a felon in possession of a firearm. 

U.S. Attorney Michael A. Bennett of the Western District of Kentucky, Acting Special Agent in Charge A.J. Gibes of the ATF Louisville Field Division, U.S. Postal Inspector in Charge Lesley Allison of the Pittsburgh Division, Special Agent in Charge Rana Saoud of Homeland Security Investigations Nashville, and Special Agent in Charge Jim Scott of the DEA Louisville Field Division made the announcement. 

According to court records, on or about and between October 20, 2023, and March 11, 2025, Christopher Tyler Wilson, 31, conspired to possess with the intent to distribute controlled substances. On March 11, 2025, agents obtained a search warrant for two USPS packages addressed to Wilson at his residence. Inside the packages, they located a large amount of suspected counterfeit Adderall pills. When Wilson came to the post office to retrieve the packages, a firearm was in plain view in the vehicle. Wilson was prohibited from possessing a firearm because he had previously been convicted of the following felony offenses.

On April 22, 2021, in Hickman Circuit Court, Wilson was convicted of first-degree unlawful imprisonment and assault under extreme emotional disturbance. 

A search warrant was later executed at Wilson’s residence resulting in the seizure of additional suspected counterfeit Adderall pills, suspected fentanyl pills packaged for sale, suspected Xanax bars, and suspected crystal methamphetamine. Agents also located a large amount of U.S. currency, a money counter, a digital scale, an empty pistol box with ammunition, and a suspected firearm suppressor. 

Wilson made an initial appearance before a U.S. Magistrate Judge in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky on March 12, 2025. Wilson was ordered detained pending trial. If convicted on the charges in the complaint, Wilson faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the sentencing guidelines and other statutory factors.

There is no parole in the federal system.

This case is being investigated by the ATF Paducah Satellite Office, the U.S. Postal Inspectors Service Bowling Office, the HSI Bowling Green Office, and the DEA Paducah Post of Duty, with assistance from the Kentucky State Police, the Hickman Police Department, and the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office.

 Assistant U.S. Attorney Leigh Ann Dycus, of the U.S. Attorney’s Paducah Branch Office, is prosecuting the case.

 This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. On May 26, 2021, the Department launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results. 

According to a press release posted on the Fulton County Sheriff's Office facebook page, Sheriff Chad Parker stated on March 11, 2025, USPS obtained a search warrant for two United States Postal Service (USPS) packages addressed to Tyler Wilson, a resident of Hickman, Kentucky. 

Inside the packages, investigators discovered a substantial quantity of suspected counterfeit Adderall pills. Upon Wilson’s arrival at the post office to collect the packages, law enforcement observed a firearm in plain view inside his vehicle. Wilson is prohibited from possessing a firearm due to prior felony convictions, including a 2021 conviction in Fulton County Circuit Court for first-degree unlawful imprisonment and assault under extreme emotional disturbance. He was subsequently taken into custody by local and federal authorities.

A search warrant executed at Wilson's residence led to the seizure of additional suspected counterfeit Adderall pills, suspected fentanyl pills intended for distribution, a large quantity of suspected Xanax bars, and suspected crystal methamphetamine. Also discovered were large sums of U.S. currency, a money counter, a digital scale, an empty pistol box with ammunition, and a suspected firearm suppressor.

Wilson was transported by the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office to the McCracken County Detention Center, where he will remain in federal custody pending further proceedings. He faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, with a federal district court judge determining his sentence based on sentencing guidelines and other relevant factors.

A criminal complaint is merely an allegation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law