PIKEVILLE, Ky. — Two Johnson County residents are heading to prison, after pleading guilty to charges related to meth trafficking.

Edgar Castle, 55, and Tabitha Staton, 44, both of Sitka, were in court Thursday for sentencing.

Castle previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute more than 50 grams of meth, while Staton pleaded guilty to distributing meth.

Judge Robert Wier sentenced Castle to 170 months in prison, while Staton was sentenced to 24 months.
Both are being held in the Pike County Detention Center, awaiting transfer to the federal prison system.