By Melissa GagliardiThe Courier-Journal
A Lebanon Junction police sergeant was arrested last night on charges that he planned to distribute OxyContin, law-enforcement officials said today.
Sgt. Daniel Carr, 33, and his girlfriend, Brenda Mudd, 32, both of Mount Washington, were arrested by U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents on charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute OxyContin pills.
The arrests came after a months-long investigation, said U.S. Attorney David Huber of the Western Kentucky District.
Carr was immediately fired by Lebanon Junction police after his arrest, Chief Darrell F. Paul said. Carr had been with the department since February and was still in his one-year probationary period.
Carr and Mudd were scheduled to be arraigned at 2 p.m. today in U.S. District Court in Louisville.
Huber said that Carr and Mudd met several times with an informant to buy the OxyContin. The pair were arrested last night when they attempted to buy 30 of the pills for $20 each, Huber said.
Each pill was 40 milligrams, Huber said. The street value of OxyContin is $1 per milligram in the Louisville area, Huber said.
Carr was an officer with the Audubon Park police for about seven years. He was a police officer in Ohio prior to that.If convicted, Carr and Mudd face maximum penalties of up to 20 years in prison, $1 million in fines, or both, and no less than three years of supervised release.
Louisville Metro Police assisted with the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Robert J. Kilmartin and Daniel Kinnicutt are prosecuting the case.
Paul said he was "very saddened" by Carr's arrest.
"I was just stunned," he said.