FEDERAL JURY CONVICTS COSBY MAN ON DRUG, FIREARMS AND LACEY ACT CHARGES

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FEDERAL JURY CONVICTS COSBY MAN ON DRUG, FIREARMS AND LACEY ACT CHARGES
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. -- Following a four-day trial in U. S. District Court, Greeneville, Tenn., a jury convicted Johnny Carl Grooms, 59, of Cosby, Tenn., of conspiring to distribute oxycodone and cocaine, interstate travel to further drug trafficking, possession of oxycodone with the intent to distribute, distribution of cocaine, possession of firearms by a convicted felon, and illegally trafficking in ginseng. Grooms