Pikeville, KY —  A federal oxycodone trafficking conspiracy case concludes. Danny Porter, of Salyersville, Kentucky, was convicted by a federal jury last week, for conspiring with two Indiana women to traffic oxycodone pills in Magoffin County. The jury also convicted Porter of possessing oxycodone pills with the intent to distribute them. Porter was acquitted of a firearm offense. According to prosecutors, the proof at trial established that, for two years, Porter had been making monthly trips to Indiana to obtain hundreds of oxycodone pills, which he brought back to sell in Magoffin County. The investigation culminated in a search of Porter’s residence, where oxycodone pills, twenty firearms, and over $40,000 in cash were seized. Katherine Redlark and Tonya Owens, both of Indiana, were subsequently stopped in Magoffin County and found to be in possession of over two hundred oxycodone pills that they were preparing to sell to Porter. Both Redlark and Owens have previously pled guilty to conspiring with Porter to distribute oxycodone. Porter faces up to twenty years in prison.

Danny Porter                                                     Katherine Redlark