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Updated: 3:26 PM Feb 18, 2010
Floyd County Men Sentenced in "Chop Shop" Scheme
Marty Hamilton, 51 was sentenced to 80 months in a federal prison, while Gary Keathley, 53 was sentenced to 50 months. Both men are from of Betsy Lane, Ky.
Posted: 12:15 PM Feb 18, 2010Reporter: WSAZ News Staff Email Address: news@wsaz.com |
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LONDON, Ky. (WSAZ) -- Two Floyd County men charged with operating a chop shop learned their prison sentences Wednesday.
A U.S. Distinct Court Judge in London sentenced Marty Hamilton, 51 to 80 months in a federal prison, while Gary Keathley, 53 was sentenced to 50 months. Both men are from of Betsy Lane, Kentucky.
Prosecutors say that Hamilton admitted during his plea in 2008 that while detailing vehicles as a contract employee for a local automotive dealership, he stole approximately 60 vehicles.
Hamilton either kept duplicate keys from the cars brought to his garage or used a key-cutting machine to create an extra key for himself.
Hamilton then placed a sticker with the automotive dealership’s logo on the back of the cars so that he could easily identify these vehicles at various business locations in Pike and Floyd Counties.
When Hamilton located one of these vehicles, he used the duplicate key to gain entry and drive off.
Keathley pleaded guilty last year and admitted that he and Hamilton purchased donor vehicles from local dealerships and salvage yards.
The two men took the legitimate VIN plates from the donor vehicles and placed them on the stolen vehicles in order to conceal that the vehicles were stolen.
They sold the stolen vehicles to unsuspecting third parties in Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan, and West Virginia.
The judge also sentenced both for possessing vehicles with altered vehicle identification number (VIN) plates with the intent to sell or dispose of these vehicles.
Under federal law, Hamilton and Keathley must serve 85 percent of their respective prison sentences.
The investigation was conducted by the FBI, Kentucky State Police and the Pikeville Police Department.
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