Friday, March 19, 2010
Prestonsburg Drug Dealer Gets Record Sentence
KENTUCKY...
A two-day drug trial resulted in what prosecutors believe to be the largest recommended sentence for an accused drug dealer in the county’s history. Gary Warrick, 43, of Town Branch Road in Prestonsburg, was found guilty by a Floyd County jury on two counts of first-degree trafficking of methadone and an additional charge of persistent felony offender. The jury recommended a maximum sentence of 20 years for the trafficking charges and then another maximum recommendation of 10 years to run consecutively on the persistent felony offender charge. Floyd County Commonwealth’s Attorney Brent Turner said a recommended sentence of 30 years on a drug trafficking case is a first for his office. Warrick will be in court for formal sentencing on April 23 before Floyd Circuit Court Judge John David Caudill.
A two-day drug trial resulted in what prosecutors believe to be the largest recommended sentence for an accused drug dealer in the county’s history. Gary Warrick, 43, of Town Branch Road in Prestonsburg, was found guilty by a Floyd County jury on two counts of first-degree trafficking of methadone and an additional charge of persistent felony offender. The jury recommended a maximum sentence of 20 years for the trafficking charges and then another maximum recommendation of 10 years to run consecutively on the persistent felony offender charge. Floyd County Commonwealth’s Attorney Brent Turner said a recommended sentence of 30 years on a drug trafficking case is a first for his office. Warrick will be in court for formal sentencing on April 23 before Floyd Circuit Court Judge John David Caudill.
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