Breathitt County Residents Convicted

{Lexington, Kentucky}...A federal jury in Lexington has convicted 61 year old Naomi Johnson and 44 year old Earl Young of conspiring to buy votes and vote buying in the May 2010 primary election in Breathitt County. U.S. Attorney Kerry Harvey's office said Wednesday that another co-defendant, 61 year old Jackie Jennings, pleaded guilty to two counts of vote buying and a conspiracy charge during the first day of the 2 1/2-day trial. The three were accused of buying votes for county magistrate candidate Michael Salyers. Salyers pleaded guilty to conspiracy in February and will be sentenced May 23rd. Johnson, Young and Jennings will be sentenced July 26th.