Williamsburg Man Sentenced

{London, Kentucky}...U.S. District Court Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove sentenced 35 year old James Meradith of Williamsburg to 33 months in prison Friday for a conspiracy to distribute Oxycodone. According to the U.S. Attorney's office, Meradith admitted he gave three Oxycodone pills to former Whitley County Sheriff Lawrence Hodge in December 2010 in exchange for a sheriff's department issued shotgun and that he made trips to Jellico, Tennessee to obtain pills for Hodge. According to Meradith's plea agreement, he was part of a drug conspiracy with Hodge and others in which Meradith distributed more than 300 pills. Once he's released, he will serve 36 months of supervised release.