Jay A. Shephard a 46 year old Dayton Ohio Ohio man, was convicted on November 5th, 2010, of leading a drug conspiracy along with co-defendant, Evans L. Moore for the illegal distribution of at least 40,000 prescription pills in parts of Eastern Kentucky. A federal jury in Lexington, KY, convicted Shepard, who owned residences in Ohio and Michigan, to one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and one money laundering count. In addition, he will have to forfeit five pieces of real estate located in Dayton that were purchased with profits from the drug conspiracy.
According to evidence presented at his trial, over a three year period from May of 2006 to May of 2009, Shephard directed others in the illegal distribution of thousands of methadone and oxycodone pills in the Kentucky counties of Perry, Fayette, Breathitt, and Scott. The jury also found that Shephard’s conspiracy profited approximately $300,000.
Shephard is the final defendant of the 21 individuals charged in the conspiracy to be prosecuted and is currently scheduled to appear for sentencing in Lexington, Kentucky, on February 23, 2011. He faces a maximum prison sentence of 30 years.
