Saturday, May 22, 2010
Plea Deal Reached In Williamsburg Drug Case
KENTUCKY....
In a plea agreement, Branden Ray Sutton pleaded guilty this week in federal court in London to conspiring to sell pills with former Williamsburg police officer, 32 year old Brad Nighbert. Sutton said Nighbert recruited him to deal drugs around April 2007 while Nighbert supplied him 80-milligram OxyContin pills that he sold for $80 each, with $60 of that going to Nighbert. Sutton alleged that, during the time he sold OxyContin for Nighbert in early 2007, he saw Nighbert sell pills at his residence to Williamsburg police chief Denny Shelley and Officer Bradley A. Boyd, who later left the department in the face of possible administrative sanctions. Sutton said the drug ring brought in a total of 10,000 OxyContin pills. The latest indictment charges Nighbert started selling drugs in December 2005 and that he burglarized a Williamsburg pharmacy in February 2006 before leaving the department. A federal grand jury indicted Nighbert, Sutton and five others in late March on charges of conspiring to sell drugs between December 2005 and May 2007. Those charged face up to 20 years in prison.
In a plea agreement, Branden Ray Sutton pleaded guilty this week in federal court in London to conspiring to sell pills with former Williamsburg police officer, 32 year old Brad Nighbert. Sutton said Nighbert recruited him to deal drugs around April 2007 while Nighbert supplied him 80-milligram OxyContin pills that he sold for $80 each, with $60 of that going to Nighbert. Sutton alleged that, during the time he sold OxyContin for Nighbert in early 2007, he saw Nighbert sell pills at his residence to Williamsburg police chief Denny Shelley and Officer Bradley A. Boyd, who later left the department in the face of possible administrative sanctions. Sutton said the drug ring brought in a total of 10,000 OxyContin pills. The latest indictment charges Nighbert started selling drugs in December 2005 and that he burglarized a Williamsburg pharmacy in February 2006 before leaving the department. A federal grand jury indicted Nighbert, Sutton and five others in late March on charges of conspiring to sell drugs between December 2005 and May 2007. Those charged face up to 20 years in prison.
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