Son guilty of selling drugs for father

Christopher Holley, 24, of Gallagher pleaded guilty before United States District Judge John T. Copenhaver Jr. to the distribution of Oxycontin pills. He admitted his involvement in a Paint Creek-area Oxycontin ring that was led by his father, James Robert Holley, according to court records.

The younger man was recruited by his father to join the conspiracy in 2007 and distributed approximately 2,400 pills in six months. He could be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine.

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, James Holley obtained pills from Detroit and elsewhere. Already sentenced to prison in connection with the conspiracy were Charles Coiner, George Breckenridge, Terrance Haliburton and Nehemiah Lujoh Allen Griggs. The group sold thousands of Oxycontin pills in Kanawha County over a period of seven years.


Christopher Holley, 24, of Gallagher pleaded guilty before United States District Judge John T. Copenhaver Jr. to the distribution of Oxycontin pills. He admitted his involvement in a Paint Creek-area Oxycontin ring that was led by his father, James Robert Holley, according to court records.

The younger man was recruited by his father to join the conspiracy in 2007 and distributed approximately 2,400 pills in six months. He could be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine.

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, James Holley obtained pills from Detroit and elsewhere. Already sentenced to prison in connection with the conspiracy were Charles Coiner, George Breckenridge, Terrance Haliburton and Nehemiah Lujoh Allen Griggs. The group sold thousands of Oxycontin pills in Kanawha County over a period of seven years.