Leader Of Central Ohio Prescription Drug Ring Sentenced

A Columbus man will spend more than six decades in prison for bringing thousands of prescription pills into central Ohio. 37-year-old Michael Johnson was sentenced yesterday for racketeering and funding drug trafficking. Johnson was convicted last month of organizing a pipeline that brought 2.3 million dollars worth of prescription pills from out of state into the Columbus area.

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Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.