EX-DRUG TASK FORCE DIRECTOR SENTENCED

A federal judge Thursday sentenced the former director of the Lauderdale
County Drug Task Force to a year and a day in prison for extorting money
from a defendant in exchange for favorable treatment.

U.S. District Judge Robert Propst sentenced David L. Scogin, who pleaded
guilty in November to extortion, lying to the FBI and federal program
fraud. Scogin also paid $10,000 toward the $20,000 in restitution he agreed
to pay as part of his plea agreement.

Scogin, who was forced to resign in March 2003 after serving as task force
director since 1999, took $5,000 from a person in April 2002 so the person
wouldn't be arrested. Prosecutors said Scogin also used money in 2003 that
was intended for the task force and lied to the FBI.

Propst on Thursday also sentenced James Timothy Montgomery of Tuscaloosa to
a year in prison for fraud and ordered him to pay $222,000 in restitution.
Montgomery's scheme involved car titles and financing from AmSouth bank.