Christiansburg Pair Plead Guilty to Methamphetamine Charges

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Christiansburg Pair Plead Guilty to Methamphetamine Charges

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on March 28, 2017. It is reproduced in full below.

Roanoke, VIRGINIA - A pair of Christiansburg residents pled guilty yesterday in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Roanoke to Federal Drug conspiracy charges, Acting United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced.

Timothy Wayne Radford, 49 and Melissa Dawn Lytton, 45, each pled guilty yesterday to conspiracy charges. Radford pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Lytton pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and to distribute methamphetamine.

According to evidence presented at yesterday’s hearing by Assistant United States Attorney Ashley B. Neese, Radford and Lytton admitted today to being involved in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine since at least late 2015 and continuing through March 2016.

The investigation of the case was conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Virginia State Police and the Floyd County Sheriff’s Office. Assistant United States Attorney Ashley B. Neese prosecuted the case for the United States.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys

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