Co-Conspirator Sentenced to Six Years in Prison
Tennessee – Jerrod Nichols Smith, 48, of Houston, Texas, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court to 15 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran of the Middle District of Tennessee. Visiting United States District Judge Billy Wilson also ordered Smith to forfeit $1.4 million.
Smith, along with Charles Jeffrey Edwards, 56, and Brenda Edwards, 47, of Houston, was indicted in January 2013 and charged with operating a 32-month, $50 million Drug Diversion Scheme, in which tainted pharmaceuticals were shipped from a warehouse in Nashville to pharmacies around the country.
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