Six Charged in Marijuana Distribution Investigation

LONDON, KY - The United States Attorney’s Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation jointly announced today that four USP McCreary County Inmates and two others were charged in two separate federal indictments. The defendants were charged with conspiring to distribute marijuana, providing a prohibited object to an inmate, and an inmate in possession of a prohibited object.

The indictments allege that 33-year-old Rico Mallard Crump and 25-year-old Ronnie Lynard Morrow, both inmates at the prison, conspired with their girlfriends to distribute marijuana. Shirley Munsey and Shelia T. Collins, both of Charlotte, N.C. provided marijuana to Morrow and Crump during a visit to the prison.

Crump and Morrow were charged with conspiracy to distribute marijuana and possession of a prohibited object. Collins and Munsey were charged with conspiracy to distribute marijuana and providing a prohibited object to an inmate.

Another Indictment accuses inmate Doug Rogers, 38 and Samantha Lee Ann Farmer of Oliver Springs, Tenn. of the same offenses listed above. The indictment alleges that on September 6, 2008, Farmer provided her boyfriend, Rogers, with marijuana.

Farmer was charged with conspiracy to distribute marijuana and providing a prohibited object to an inmate, while Rogers was charged with conspiracy to distribute marijuana and possessing a prohibited object.

The investigation preceding the Indictment was conducted by the Bureau of Prison and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The Indictment was presented to the grand jury by Assistant United States Attorney Patrick H. Molloy.

A court date for the defendants hasn’t been set by the Court in London, Ky. If convicted, all the defendants face a maximum prison sentence of five years each.

However, any sentence following conviction would be mposed 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 presumed innocent unless proven guilty.