News (Media Awareness Project) - US TN: Man Sentenced For Selling Iodine For Meth |
| Title: | US TN: Man Sentenced For Selling Iodine For Meth |
| Published On: | 2006-06-17 |
| Source: | Los Angeles Times (CA) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-01-14 02:18:41 |
MAN SENTENCED FOR SELLING IODINE FOR METH
A garden center owner was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for
selling iodine used to make methamphetamine in Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama.
Joseph Swafford, 62, also must forfeit his business, Broadway Home
and Garden Center, to the government. He declined to comment at his
sentencing in Chattanooga.
A jury in March convicted Swafford and his business of conspiring to
aid illegal drug-making by selling iodine to customers who used it to
make methamphetamine. He was not accused of making the drug.
A garden center owner was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for
selling iodine used to make methamphetamine in Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama.
Joseph Swafford, 62, also must forfeit his business, Broadway Home
and Garden Center, to the government. He declined to comment at his
sentencing in Chattanooga.
A jury in March convicted Swafford and his business of conspiring to
aid illegal drug-making by selling iodine to customers who used it to
make methamphetamine. He was not accused of making the drug.
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