Friday, January 19, 2007
Knott Man Sentenced On Drug Charges
A Knott County man was sentenced to five years incarceration after pleading guilty to a drug trafficking charge. 22 year old Mark Edward Hall of Pippa Passes entered a guilty plea to second-degree trafficking in a controlled substance in Knott Circuit Court. In accordance with a plea agreement reached with UNITE and Prosecutors, Knott Circuit Judge Kimberly Childers sentenced Hall to five years and ordered supervised probation upon his release. Hall was arrested in April of this past year as a result of an investigation by Operation UNITE. Hall is currently lodged in the Kentucky River Regional Detention Center.