PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Letcher County man has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison after pleading guilty to a federal drug conspiracy charge.

Mark Wayne Adams, 55, of Isom, pleaded guilty back in October to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone. In his plea agreement, he admitted to obtaining hundreds of pills every month from several sources, then reselling them to drug dealers and users in Letcher County. He further admitted to using a neighbor to conduct most of the sales.

Last week, he was sentenced to 57 months in prison. He was also previously ordered to forfeit nearly $32,000 in cash that authorities seized from his home, as well as nearly $56,000 more seized from his bank accounts.