Guilty plea nets Aberdeen man 10 years in prison

MONROE COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – An Aberdeen man will spend the next 10 years in prison for trafficking drugs.

50-year-old Don Gilleyen pleaded guilty in Monroe County Circuit Court to charges of trafficking a controlled substance, cocaine.

The charges stem from a 2023 case.

Gilleyen was sentenced to 30 years with 20 suspended , leaving 10 years to serve. Due to the nature of the offense, he will have to serve those 10 years day-for-day without the possibility of parole or early release.

He also pleaded guilty to manslaughter in a separate case and was sentenced to 20 years to run consecutively with

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the drug sentence.