FRANKFORT, Ky. — The son of a former Paintsville doctor who pleaded guilty to a federal drug charge in 2024 now has a criminal conviction of his own, after a jury found him guilty of all charges in a federal drug trial.
Jeremy Bryson was found guilty conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, conspiracy to use the DEA registration of another, monetary transaction derived from unlawful activity and six counts of distributing controlled substances on Wednesday, following an eight-day trial in Frankfort.
Court records show Jeremy Bryson owned the Appalachian Family Medicine in Paintsville, while his father, Don Bryson, owned the building in which it was housed and worked for the clinic as a medical consultant. Authorities say Appalachian Family Medicine operated more like a pain clinic, seeing large numbers of patients who would pay $75 in cash to obtain prescriptions for opioid painkillers.
Don Bryson pleaded guilty in June 2024 to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. He has still not been sentenced in that case, although he is scheduled to be sentenced April 2, when he will face up to 20 years in prison.
Jeremy Bryson is now scheduled to be sentenced June 2. He faces up to 20 years for the drug-related charges, up to 10 years for the financial transaction charge and up to four years for the DEA registration charge.
