GREENEVILLE, Tenn. – On May 28, 2015, Johnny White, 46, of
Kingsport, Tenn., was sentenced by the Honorable R. Leon Jordan, U.S. District
Judge, to serve 120 months in federal prison for his role in an extensive a-PVP
(alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone) distribution conspiracy centered in and around
the Sullivan County area and for being a convicted felon in possession of
ammunition. A-PVP is a synthetic drug which is commonly referred to on the
street as “Gravel” or “Flakka.”
According to the plea agreement on file in U.S. District
Court, White admitted that he conspired to distribute and was accountable for a
conservative estimate of 1,800 grams of a-PVP between March 2012 and March
2014. Additionally, White maintained a dwelling in Kingsport, Tenn., for the
purpose of using and distributing a-PVP. Multiple searches of this dwelling by
Kingsport police officers resulted in seizures of a-PVP and/or items of drug
paraphernalia.
In October 2013, during the search of a vehicle in
Kingsport, a loaded .32 caliber handgun was located underneath the passenger
seat where White was seated. Officers also found eight .32 caliber rounds of
ammunition, a set of digital scales and other items of drug paraphernalia on
his person and in his jacket pocket.
Others involved in this a-PVP trafficking investigation
include Austin Michael Stallard, Johnny Michael Stallard and Phillip Wayne
Mullins, who were sentenced to serve 121 months, 180 months and 151 months in
federal prison respectively. White’s sentence of 120 months was ordered to run
consecutively with his state sentences from Hawkins and Sullivan counties.
Law enforcement agencies participating in the investigation
include the Drug Enforcement Administration; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms, and Explosives; Department of Homeland Security Investigations;
Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office; Kingsport Police Department; Hawkins County
Sheriff’s Department; Johnson City Police Department; Greeneville, Tennessee
Police Department; Hendersonville, North Carolina Police Department; and Scott
County, Virginia Sheriff’s Office. Assistant U.S. Attorney Wayne Taylor
represented the United States.
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