A LaRue County couple will serve two years and nine months in prison on federal drug charges.
Court records state that Ashley Ramsey-Wilmoth and Stephen T. Wilmoth were each sentenced for conspiring to steal hydrocodone and oxycodone from a pharmacy to sell. Following their prison terms, the two will serve three years of supervised release, and will pay $2,500 in fines and about $18,700 in restitution.
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Kentucky says Ashley Ramsey-Wilmoth was an employee of Century Medicines, and took unopened bottles of oxycodone and hydrocodone from the retail pharmacy and provided the drugs to her husband, Stephen Wilmoth, to sell and distribute. The case was investigated by the DEA, the Kentucky State Police, and the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services Office of the Inspector General.
Meanwhile, former Bullitt County Master Commissioner John Anthony Schmidt was sentenced to two years and 11 months in prison after he defrauded two trusts originally held by senior beneficiaries.
The charges stem from a case in which Schmidt stole over $435,000 while serving as the court-appointed trustee for two trusts, paying for his own personal expenditures including to pay debts related to his legal practice and the Bullitt County Master Commissioner’s bank account.
In addition to paying restitution, Schmidt will serve three years of supervised release and 100 hours of community service following his release from prison.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office says there is no parole in the federal system.
