Two sentenced in drug case launched after overdose death

Two people were sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to criminal charges filed as part of a drug investigation that began after the death of a local teen.

Cody L. Breedlove, 23, of Morgantown, pleaded guilty to a felony charge of dealing marijuana and was sentenced to two years on probation, according to Morgan County court records.

Amber Brown, 19, of Nashville, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of maintaining a common nuisance and was sentenced to a year on probation, according to Morgan County court records.

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The two were arrested earlier this year after an investigation by the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office and Morgan County Sheriff’s Office.

Investigators began looking into Breedlove based on information they got after the suspected overdose death of an 18-year-old in Johnson County. Investigators were told Breedlove was selling drugs from a home in Morgantown and launched an undercover investigation.

While watching the home, investigators saw suspected drug activity, including multiple people stopping by the home for brief periods of time, according to police reports. Breedlove sold marijuana in three undercover drug deals, totaling more than an ounce of marijuana, worth more than $450. He vacuum-sealed the marijuana to prevent the drug’s distinctive scent from being detected, according to police reports.

Investigators also recorded the purchases and saw other people at the home buying drugs from Breedlove, police said.

Brown did not participate in the deals but was home and saw the drug-related activity, the report said.

When police arrested Brown and Breedlove at a home in Nashville, where the two had moved, they found drug paraphernalia, more than $4,000 in cash and guns, police reports said.

No additional charges were ever filed related to the death of the local teen, according to court records.