On May 11, 2010 local law enforcement received a theft complaint at a local motel. Upon the arrival of Deputies from the McCreary County Sheriff’s Office and the Kentucky State Police it was discovered that two individuals had rented two rooms at the motel. During the investigation the officers were informed that the two individuals had just returned from Florida with a large number of prescription pills.

The Lake Cumberland Area Drug Task Force (LCADTF) was contacted by the arriving officers. The two individuals who rented the rooms were identified as Billy Williams, 58, of Pine Knot, Kentucky and Connie Girdler, 49, of Apopka, Florida. Seized during a search of the individuals were a total of 727 pills, being identified as Percocet, Hydrocodone and Xanax. Many of them were high dosage units. Also seized was $2,860.00 in U.S. currency. The street value of the drugs was estimated at approximately $10,000 dollars.

LCADTF Director David Gilbert, past president of the Kentucky Narcotic Officer’s Association, stated this is a continuing problem where Kentucky drug dealers travel to Florida, locating questionable doctors who only take cash for their services, and issue prescriptions for strong pain and nerve medications. The dealers then return to Kentucky to make a profit from young people and individuals with drug addictions.

Gilbert praised the cooperation of the McCreary County Sheriff’s Office and the Kentucky State Police. McCreary County has led in the number of drug cases opened by the drug task force for the past several years due to this information sharing and cooperative working conditions.

The case is being referred to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the United States Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Kentucky.



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