PIKE COUNTY, KY.– A man who failed to show up for a scheduled hearing to plead guilty to drug charges and then eluded authorities for over eight years has been arrested and is back in a Kentucky jail.

67-year-old Leroy “Dock” Little, who lists his address as Rogersville, Tennessee, was supposed to be in court the morning of September 15th, 2009, to enter a guilty plea in connection with a Pike County cocaine distribution conspiracy. He never showed. Last week, Little was arrested in southern Indiana. Little has been returned to Kentucky, where he will continue to face charges of conspiracy and cocaine distribution. He is being held in the Pike County Detention Center.

Two others charged in the case have already been convicted and sentenced. Little’s son, Darren Little, is serving 150 months in prison for conspiracy. He is scheduled to be released in 2020. Tracy Wooten was sentenced to 90 months for conspiracy and distribution. He was released in 2014. The three were charged with a scheme that distributed more than 5 kilograms of cocaine between 2000 and 2008.