Department of Justice

Kerry B. Harvey
United States Attorney
Eastern District of Kentucky
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 2016
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CRITTENDEN WOMAN SENTENCED TO 224 MONTHS

FOR DISTRIBUTION OF DRUGS RESULTING IN DEATH
Defendants drug distribution resulted in the death of her daughter
COVINGTON, Ky. A Crittenden, Ky., woman has been sentenced to 224 months in
federal prison for providing illegal drugs to her daughter, an inmate in the Kenton County Jail,
who subsequently died of an overdose.
Today, U.S. District Judge Amul Thapar sentenced Kimberly Mullins, 44, for conspiracy
to distribute fentanyl and morphine that resulted in an overdose death. Two co-defendants, Lisa
Lattimore and Lynette Ball, received 160 and 144 months, respectively, for their roles in the
conspiracy. Under federal law, all three must serve at least 85 percent of their prison sentences.
A fourth defendant, Michael Howard, who supplied the drugs to Mullins, has pleaded guilty and
is awaiting sentencing.
Mullins, Lattimore, and Ball admitted that, on September 4, 2015, they conspired to bring
illegal drugs into the Kenton County Jail. Mullins bought what she thought was heroin from
Howard that day; but the substance actually contained a combination of fentanyl and morphine.
Mullins arranged for the substance to be delivered to her daughter, Jamie Green, through codefendants Ball and Lattimore, fellow inmates in the Kenton County Jail.
During the early morning hours of September 5, 2015, Green took the substance and died
of an overdose shortly thereafter. Mullins admitted that she had been regularly arranging
deliveries of heroin to her daughter, while her daughter was incarcerated.
Mullins, Lattimore, and Ball pleaded guilty on March 29, 2016. Two other individuals,
Mabry Baioni and Heather Tucker, were later charged and pleaded guilty to conspiring with
Howard and Mullins to distribute heroin to Green, while Green was in the Campbell County
Detention Center. Baioni and Tucker did not take part in the Kenton County events that led to
Greens death.

Kerry B. Harvey, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, and
Timothy J. Plancon, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration, jointly
announced the sentences. The investigation was conducted by the Cincinnati Field Office of the
Drug Enforcement Administration and the Kenton County Police Department. Assistant U.S.
Attorney Tony Bracke represents the federal government in this case.
Howard is scheduled to be sentenced on September 23, 2016. He faces up to life in
prison and a fine of $1,000,000.00. Any sentence, however, will be imposed by the Court after
consideration of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and the federal statutes.
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