Two Grayson County men have been sentenced to 30 years each in jail at the end of a Meade County trial after a mistrial in Grayson.
"I think the people of Grayson, Meade and Breckinridge counties are sick of drugs and that reflects in just sentences."
Kentucky Commonwealth Attor-ney Kenton Smith commented on sentences for James G. Clemons and David Lee Robinson, both of Clarkson, of the maximum 30 years for drug related crimes.
Grayson County Sheriff's Department, in conjunction with the Greater Hardin County Narcotics Task Force and Kentucky State Police, arrested Clemons, 41, and Robinson, 27, on August 8, 2001.
Both were charged, indicted and sentenced for manufacture of methamphetamine, trafficking in a controlled substance in the first degree (methamphetamine), possession of marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Clemons and Robinson were indicted by the Grayson County Grand Jury on May 7, 2002.
The original trial was moved to Meade County when a mistrial in Grayson County was declared after nine jurors were struck from the Grayson trial pool.
Clemons and Robinson were given the choice to plea for a lesser sentence, and while Robinson was ready to accept, Clemons did not.
The Meade County trial took two days and formal sentencing was announced on Tuesday, Dec. 16.
Clemons has already filed an appeal of his sentence, court records showed, but there was no indication of Robinson's plans.
This sentence is the second maximum sentence handed down in district court on meth charges, indicating the courts are cracking down on both methamphetamine cookers and users.
Meth moved into the county about three eyars ago.
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