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Six Indicted for Pharmacy Burglary and Drug Charges

U.S. Attorney’s Office April 01, 2010
  • Eastern District of Kentucky (859) 233-2661

LONDON, KY—Two Williamsburg men were indicted for burglarizing a local pharmacy in Williamsburg, Ky. in order to steal controlled substances. The United States Attorney’s Office unsealed the March 25 indictment today following the arrests of the defendants.

According to the indictment, in February of 2006, a former Williamsburg Police Officer, Kenneth Bradley Nighbert (an officer at the time), 32, and Larry D. Harville, 30, burglarized a pharmacy in Whitley County. The indictment further alleges that the two men stole more than $500.00 worth of controlled substances during the burglary. Both defendants were also charged with a conspiracy count.

Nighbert and Harville were also indicted along with Michael S. Ball, 35, Branden R. Sutton, 32, Shannon Lee Taylor, 28, and Tina Elizabeth Davis, 31, all of Williamsburg, for conspiring to distribute oxycodone in Whitley County starting in December of 2005, and continuing through May of 2007.

Nighbert was also indicted for attempted possession of oxycodone, possession with the intent to distribute oxycodone, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense.

Additionally, Harville, Ball, Sutton, and Davis were each charged within the indictment for various individual drug trafficking offenses ranging from distribution of pills containing oxycodone to manufacturing marijuana. Ball was also indicted on a charge of distributing narcotics within 1,000 feet of a school.

Edwin J. Walbourn, III, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Timothy D. Cox, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Rodney Brewer, Commissioner, Kentucky State Police (KSP), jointly made the announcement today following the arrests of the named defendants.

The investigation preceding the indictment was conducted by the FBI and the KSP. The indictment was presented to the grand jury by Assistant United States Attorney W. Samuel Dotson.

The defendants’ appearance before the United States District Court has not yet been set by the court in London, Ky. If convicted, these defendants face a maximum prison sentence of 20 years. Nighbert, if convicted, also faces a potential mandatory five-year sentence for the firearm charge that would run consecutive to any other term of imprisonment. However, any sentence following conviction would be imposed by the court after consideration of the United States Sentencing Guidelines and the federal statute governing the imposition of sentences.

The indictment of a person by a grand jury is an accusation only, and that person is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

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