Sunday, January 17, 2010
Two Plead Guilty in Pikeville Federal Court
KENTUCKY...
According to court documents, 37 year old Darrel Swiney of Shelby Gap and Timothy D. Rich, age and address unavailable, pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District Court in Pikeville to their part in a four year conspiracy to distribute Oxycontin. Swiney was arrested on September 17th when police stopped his car on U.S. 23 at Caney. During a search of the vehicle, police found 28 OxyContin pills in the possession of Rich, $2,000 cash on Swiney and a a loaded .357 Magnum handgun. A search at Swiney’s Shelby Gap residence turned up more than 600 OxyContin pills, more than $6,500 in cash, 13 firearms and stolen property. According to the plea agreement, Swiney admitted a total of 13,000 pills could be attributed to the conspiracy. Timothy D. Rich admitted he purchased several OxyContin tablets daily from Swiney for several months to be distributed. Swiney and Rich are scheduled to be sentenced in June. Timothy L. Rich and Brian Justice are scheduled to be in court on January 25th.
According to court documents, 37 year old Darrel Swiney of Shelby Gap and Timothy D. Rich, age and address unavailable, pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District Court in Pikeville to their part in a four year conspiracy to distribute Oxycontin. Swiney was arrested on September 17th when police stopped his car on U.S. 23 at Caney. During a search of the vehicle, police found 28 OxyContin pills in the possession of Rich, $2,000 cash on Swiney and a a loaded .357 Magnum handgun. A search at Swiney’s Shelby Gap residence turned up more than 600 OxyContin pills, more than $6,500 in cash, 13 firearms and stolen property. According to the plea agreement, Swiney admitted a total of 13,000 pills could be attributed to the conspiracy. Timothy D. Rich admitted he purchased several OxyContin tablets daily from Swiney for several months to be distributed. Swiney and Rich are scheduled to be sentenced in June. Timothy L. Rich and Brian Justice are scheduled to be in court on January 25th.
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