LONDON, Ky. – James Mills, of Barbourville, Kentucky, was
sentenced Thursday to 121 months in federal prison, by United States District
Judge Robert E. Wier, for conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of
methamphetamine.
James Mills pled guilty in July 2019. According to his plea
agreement, Mills admitted to conspiring with others to distribute
methamphetamine in Knox County, between December 2017 and September 2018. Mills
also admitted, on one occasion, in July 2018, he distributed over 150 grams of
high-purity methamphetamine.
Under federal law, James Mills must serve 85 percent of this
prison sentence and will be under the supervision of the U.S. Probation Office
for five years following his release.
Travis Mills and Gretchen Delph have both pled guilty to
charges connected to the same conspiracy. Mills will be sentenced on December
30, and Delph will be sentenced on December 9.
Robert M. Duncan, Jr., United States Attorney for the
Eastern District of Kentucky; James Robert Brown Jr., Special Agent in Charge
of the FBI; and Darrel Kilburn, Chief of the London Police Department, jointly
made the announcement. The United States was represented by Assistant United
States Attorney Andrew H. Trimble.
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