- {Charleston, West Virginia}...Britt Ellison Nichols, 52, of Detroit, has been sentenced to 60 months in prison and three years probation after pleading guilty to distribution of Oxycodone. Nichols admitted that in April 2010 he traveled from Detroit to Charleston and sold Oxycodone to an undercover informant at the Holiday Express Inn. Nichols admitted he had made at least four prior trips to Charleston, delivering about 250 pills each time.