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Pill Ring Earns Organized Crime Status

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Published September 14, 2011 at 1:34 PM EDT
Neil Clark stands in front of a judge in district court Tuesday afternoon during a preliminary hearing where his bond was set at $100,000.
Tricia Spaulding
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Frankfort State Journal
Neil Clark stands in front of a judge in district court Tuesday afternoon during a preliminary hearing where his bond was set at $100,000.

A Frankfort man charged with organized crime planned and financed road trips to Florida for prescription pills, a detective said in court testimony Tuesday. Detective Matt Brown, speaking on behalf of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, said 36-year-old Neil Clark was “ringleader” of the trips, which may have involved as many as 15 people over the course of several trips. Clark sold the pills after they arrived in Frankfort, Brown said.
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