PRESS RELEASE
November 21, 2014
Bedford County, the Epicenter of Illegal Prescription Pill Distribution in Central and Southwest Virginia – The Hammer Has Dropped
Operation Pain Train was initiated by Bedford County Sheriff’s Office, Drug Investigators in October of 2009. It originally started as a Counterfeit Money/Prescription Pill Distribution Case involving many of the same players that were indicted in Pain Train. Soon after initiating the case, an overdose death of methadone occurred. The methadone had been obtained from an illegal sale of the prescription medication. There was at least one other overdose death attributed to this operation.
There were several search warrants completed by Investigators of the BCSO and arrests were made in reference to the Counterfeit Money Operation. The focus was then turned to Narcotics Distribution and the Illegal Sale of Prescription Medication.
Bedford County Sheriff’s Office was ably assisted by the Virginia State Police, the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, and vigorously prosecuted by the US Attorney’s Office, Western District of Virginia. This investigation would not have been as successful as it turned out to be had it not been for the close knit association of all of these ‘team players’ and their overriding desire to ‘Sweep the field clean’ of the criminal elements that would ply their illegal trade to the citizens of Bedford County and other locations. Their efforts resulted in the indictments of 37 people on charges pertaining to the distribution and illegal sale of illicit narcotics and prescription medication.
The investigation took our investigative team to Virginia, DC, North Carolina, Florida and New Jersey
The 37 defendants are listed on the attachment along with time to be served, which totals to 170 years of prison time!
Judge Norman Moon, Western District, US Federal Court, Lynchburg, Virginia, presided over each of the 37 court hearings and his sentencing should have left no question in the minds of those who would choose the illegal drug trade as a business venture…don’t do it in the Western District of Virginia!
Property crimes have dropped since this case has been finalized.
Operation Pain Train Defendants
Name Time to be served
Bryant Reynolds 108mo/9years
Jeff Reynolds 72mo/6years
Mark Campbell 90mo/7.5years
Matt Barlow 90mo/7.5years
Chad Overstreet 60mo/5years
George Lynch 48mo/4years
Dana Parker 66mo/5.5years
Danielle Reynolds 66mo/5.5years
Elizabeth Reynolds 21mo/1.75years
Chris O’Neal 72mo/6years
Josh Surprenant 12mo 1 day
Ronnie Cupp 204mo/17years
Cory Mowles 52mo/4years
Jerry Woolwine 52mo/4years
Wendy Hanner 8years
Johnny Rohton 47mo/4years
Kevin Jessee 36mo/3years
Tony Abee 48mo/4years
Robert Van Arsdale 32mo/2.6years
Jennifer Kirsche 36mo/3years
Scottie Andrews 36mo/3years
Andy Dooley 12mo 1 day
Brandon Turpin 48mo/4years
Jimmy Wheat 30mo/2.5years
Les Chris Burns 136mo/11.4years
Eric Nichols 60mo/5years
Teddy Gillespie 84mo/7years
John Gillespie 45mo/3.75years
Matt Miles 42mo/3.5years
Reva White 42mo/3.5years
Timmy White 42mo/3.5years
Tammy Henderson 24mo/2years
Timmy Nichols 41mo/3.5years
Colton Massie 24m/2years
Lewis Carroll 41mo/3.5years
Edgar Rawlings 42mo/3.5years
Jeff McCormick 166mo/13years 8mo
