Sheriff Brandenburg is accused of importing cheap Mexican marijuana to adulterate his higher quality domestic product

940906, Pikeville, KY, WKYU. The trial of Lee County, KY, Sheriff Douglas Brandenburg is scheduled to start today in Pikeville. Sheriff Brandenburg is accused of importing cheap Mexican marijuana to adulterate his higher quality domestic product. 940906, Pikeville, KY, KET. George Nobel, Jr, of Breathitt County pleas guilty in the Mexican adulteration operation. He is the fourth of seven to plea guilty. He got seven years. Sheriff Brandenburg still maintains his innocence. 940907, Pikeville, KY, KNN. Lee County Sheriff Douglas Brandenburg is said to have taken payments of 'thousand of dollars per month' to protect the drug operations in his county, starting shortly after he was elected and ending in June 94 as his operation was taken down by federal action. 940909, Pikeville, KY, WKYU. Three more codefendants plead guilty in the Lee County Sheriff Douglas Brandenburg marijuana adulteration trial. 940909, Pikeville, KY, KNN. Lee County Sheriff Douglas Brandenburg is given a mistrial. The reason given is that his co-conspirators have all plead guilty, and it looks bad for him."