One of the first graduates of Franklin County Drug Court has been sentenced Friday to five years in prison for selling painkillers.
Curtis Hendren, 40, of 214 Juniper Hill Apartments, sold 26 hydrocodone pills for $6 each to a police informant June 25, police reports say.
Hendren pleaded guilty to charges of trafficking in a controlled substance Oct. 9. As part of his plea agreement, his persistent felony offender charge was dropped.
“I’m really, really sorry for what I done,” Hendren told the court Friday before his sentencing.
“I screwed up.”
Franklin Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate said he was personally disappointed because he thought Hendren changed after graduating from drug court.
“I saw the progress you were making in drug court,” Wingate said in denying probation.
Hendren was one of three who graduated from drug court in May, Commonwealth’s Attorney Larry Cleveland told The State Journal when Hendren was indicted July 8.
Cleveland said he received a tip from other participants in drug court that Hendren offered to sell them drugs. Frankfort police investigated the incident and set up the June 25 drug deal, Cleveland said.