Witnesses' Use Questioned: ; Criminals Beng Asked About Vote Buying

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tobycoleman@wvgazette.com

Late one October evening in 2003, the West Virginia State Police raided Charlie McMillion's Wyoming County home and found more than a dozen painkillers the unemployed 54-year-old was not supposed to have.

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Witnesses' Use Questioned: ; Criminals Beng Asked About Vote Buying

So McMillion spilled his guts, a transcript of his State Police interview shows. He told Trooper Jason Davis that he drove to Virginia "probably two times a month" to buy OxyContin pills from a dealer. He said he sold dozens of them every month at a price of $50 for a 40 milligram pill, but never made a profit because he snorted up five or six pills a day.

"I'm on ... on them bad," McMillion said. "Yes sir, I am."

Davis wanted more, according to the transcript. He wanted dirt on a politician.

"This, wo...

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