Joseph
James Salmons was sentenced to two years in federal prison and two other men,
Richard A. Mullins and John Freddie Joe Johnson, were sentenced to three years'
probation on charges relating to the distribution of oxycodone in Lincoln County
Salmons,
24, of Hamlin, had pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the distribution of
oxycodone. He admitted that on February 13, 2013, he and Mullins sold a
confidential informant five 30 mg oxycodone pills. Salmons also admitted to
other drug sales in Lincoln
County
Mullins,
49, of West Hamlin, admitted to distributing oxycodone. Mullins sold 5 30 mg
oxycodone pills to a confidential informant on January 13, 2013. He also
admitted during his plea hearing to other drug sales in Lincoln County
Johnson,
37, also of West Hamlin, pleaded guilty to assisting Mullins and Salmons in
selling oxycodone to a confidential informant outside of Johnson's residence in
West Hamlin, Lincoln
County
