Livingston drug dealer convicted

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wondering wrote:

I cant help but wonder if he was set up like a reverse sting that was unknown to him or maybe its not what it seems like.
His son graduated with honors recently at LA.
I know he was a const worker and was off working for long periods of time to provide for his family. Sad , he didnt move his family with him and leave this god forsaken hell hole made up of publicity seekers.
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Livingston drug dealer convicted
by Mary Jo Denton
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LIVINGSTON -- For selling illegal drugs near a school, a Livingston man could get 12 to 20 years in prison and be required to serve every day of the minimum sentence.
Christopher I. Thrasher, 49, of Zachary Street, Livingston, was indicted earlier this year by the Overton County grand jury and was found guilty this week after a two-day trial in Criminal Court.
He is to be sentenced Aug. 15.
Prosecutors said Thrasher sold Oxycodone to an undercover agent working with police last July at his residence, which is within 1,000 feet of A.H. Roberts Elementary School.
In addition to violating the law by selling controlled substances, Thrasher also violated the state's Drug Free School Zone law by doing so near a public school, according to the indictment.
That Drug Free School Zone law allows the enhancement of penalties in such cases, requiring that anyone convicted of the offense must serve at least the minimum prison time and do so "day for day," that is, at 100 percent, District Attorney Randy York said.
DA York has stressed the use of the Drug Free School Zone law in prosecutions of drug cases here, and his effort back in 2008 to compile official maps of all school zones in this judicial district streamlined that effort.
The case against Christopher I. Thrasher was investigated by Livingston Police Chief Greg Etheredge, Detectives Brian Franklin, Jacob Boswell, Gary Ledbetter, and others. Assistant District Attorney Owen Burnett took the case to trial.
Thrasher, who was represented in court by attorneys Kelly Williams and Chasity Hancock, took the stand in his own defense and denied that he sold drugs to the police informant.
The jury deliberated for just over an hour before finding him guilty, court observers said.
DA York said he is pleased with the verdict and with the "hard work of the Livingston Police Department, the Overton County Sheriff's Department, and my assistants."
"We are continuing our fight against illegal drugs in this judicial district," the DA said.