Former Clay County Constable Sentenced

{Manchester, Kentucky}...Jackie "The Tireman" Roberts, a former Clay County constable, has been sentenced to serve 19 years and seven months in prison. Roberts was sentenced in federal court in London for three firearms counts and for trafficking in Hydrocodone. He was convicted after a trial last November. Roberts, who operated a used-tire store in Manchester and used his nickname in political campaigns, was convicted of selling pain pills, being a felon in possession of a gun and possessing a gun while he was an illegal drug user. Roberts sold pain pills to an undercover informant at his store last summer, when he was a constable. In a search the next day, police found a gun where he had stayed. The sentence for Roberts was enhanced because he had several previous convictions, including robbery, burglary and assault. Roberts' wife, Jennifer, pleaded guilty in the case and is to be sentenced in May.