UPDATE 8/20/12 @ 2:45 p.m.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- Three pill dealers were sentenced to federal prison Monday for illegally distributing prescription painkillers in Lincoln County.

Federal prosecutors say Timothy Joe Terry, 47, of Alkol, was sentenced to five years in prison. Debra Terry, 46, also of Alkol, was sentenced to four years and two months in prison. Kelly Joe Anderson, 38, of Columbus, Ohio, was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in prison.

The three pleaded guilty in June to distribution of oxycodone.

Each admitted to participating in a pill scheme that illegally distributed approximately 5,000 oxycodone pills in and around Lincoln County.

The pills were brought to West Virginia from Columbus, Ohio.

Timothy Joe Terry, 47 and his wife, Debra Terry, 46, both of Alkol, W.Va., and Kelly Joe Anderson, 38, of Columbus, pleaded guilty to distribution of oxycodone. The three defendants were part of a pill conspiracy responsible for the distribution of nearly 5,000 30-milligram oxycodone pills in and around Lincoln County.

It is believed that the oxycodone pills distributed by the defendants were brought to West Virginia from Columbus.

Each defendant faces up to 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine when they are sentenced Aug. 20 by U.S. District Judge Thomas E. Johnston.