FARMINGTON, Mo. (News First) – U.S. District Judge Sarah Pitlyk sentenced a man to 22 years in prison this week for arranging the smuggling of a fatal dose of drugs into the St. Francois County jail. 35-year-old Timothy L. Noll of Park Hills arrived at the jail in Farmington on July 27th, 2021, and he began trying to find someone to smuggle drugs into the jail that he could sell. Noll instructed an intermediary to get the drugs from Garry W. Triplett and conceal them inside of a Bible. On August 1st, the intermediary arranged for the Bible to be dropped off at the jail.
When Noll discovered the next morning that he was being transferred to state prison and couldn’t bring the Bible, he had jail staff give it to his cellmate. Noll’s cellmate died two days later of mixed drug intoxication, including a lethal dose of fentanyl. Noll pleaded guilty in May to one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and one count of distribution of a controlled substance, resulting in death. The 37-year-old Triplett pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and one count of distribution of a controlled substance. Triplett will be sentenced in December.
