PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Lawrence County native faces the potential sentence of life in prison, after being indicted on a federal drug charge.
Shelly Collins, 33, of Louisville but formerly from Louisa, was arrested by Louisa Police March 30, after an officer went to check on a car that had been reported as stolen and found her in the car, along with 3 lbs. of meth, an ounce of heroin and 2 oz. of marijuana.
It was the large amount of meth that attracted the attention federal authorities, who have now obtained an indictment for possession with the intent to distribute.
Because Collins has multiple felony convictions in the past, including one for drug trafficking, she faces an enhanced sentence of at least 15 years in prison, up to a maximum of life.
Collins remains in the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center in Paintsville, where she has been held since her arrest in March.
