Posted on 05/13/2019 9:20:45 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
A man who weighs more than 900 pounds is set to be brought to federal court in Richmond on Monday, after the approval of a plan involving the FBI, the U.S. Marshals Service, the Richmond Ambulance Authority, the Henrico County Division of Fire, and state and local emergency personnel.
Kenneth T. Hicks, 48, of Emporia, who is charged in a cocaine conspiracy case, is scheduled to plead guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge David J. Novak and could be taken into custody immediately. On Tuesday, Novak approved an unusual transportation plan for Hicks sought by the government and his lawyer in an effort to protect his health, safety and dignity.
The arrangements could involve cutting through a wall where he lives, bracing the structure and even cutting down some trees.
Court papers show that the alleged conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute more than a pound of cocaine took place from 2013 into 2017.
At least three of the seven people charged in the conspiracy have pleaded guilty. Hicks, who has not been in custody, was allowed to make an initial court appearance via video link on March 21. He asked authorities for help to get him to the federal courthouse on East Broad Street in Richmond for Monday’s hearing.
A joint agreement by the government and the defense filed this week asked Novak to approve the transportation plan to get Hicks from his residence — he lives in a dwelling attached to the rear of a mobile home — to the loading dock of the courthouse for the hearing.
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He's already a prisoner of his own device. Probably be dead in less than a year.
LOL
How the hell does one get to 900 lb weight?
Crazy.
How was he dealing cocaine when he can’t even get out of his dwelling?
Going to need a forklift to get him into the truck.
Do they have a cell big enough to put him in?
When they get past the point that they can’t get their own food, someone is enabling.
Nobody gets to 900 pounds on their own.
That’s gonna affect the climate big time!
“How the hell does one get to 900 lb weight?
Crazy.”
On coke, to boot. How does one gain weight using cocaine?
If he had cocaine, he can probably get more than just food from addicts.
LOL
Yeah I'd say that ship sailed about 600 pounds ago.
Yeah, that ship sailed a long time ago.
Reminds me of the old Oprah Winfrey joke from back in her really fat days....
Did you hear Oprah is in prison?
Yeah, last week Oprah had a DEA Officer and his drug dog on her show, the drug dog kept signaling every time she walked by, so the DEA Officer ordered her detained and searched, when they pulled down her pants they discovered 300lbs of crack...
If he’s into cocaine one would think he’d weigh a little less.
LOL. :D
Heh, You beat me by 18 seconds.
Probably won’t get a light sentence.
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