By Associated Press - Friday, March 14, 2014

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - A 30-year-old Corinth man has been sentenced to 60 months in prison on federal charges that he attempted to set up a cocaine distribution network in northeast Mississippi.

WTVA-TV reports (https://bit.ly/1dW4Y8Xm ) Jay Hill pleaded guilty in October 2013 to one count of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance.

Prosecutors said Hill and nine others of moved drugs into Lee and Chickasaw counties in an effort to expand a network of customers.



Hill also was sentenced to serve 3 years of probation after his release.

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Information from: WTVA-TV, https://www.wtva.com

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