Red Bank man sentenced for selling meth

By Brian Lazenby
Chattanooga Times Free Press Article
Staff Writer

A federal judge on Monday sentenced a Red Bank man to more than six years in prison for selling methamphetamine from his home and his Soddy-Daisy business.
Danny Cox, 47, who was arrested in 2004 after a threemonth undercover investigation, pleaded guilty to the charge in August.
In court Monday, Mr. Cox apologized to Senior U.S. District Court Judge R. Allan Edgar and his own 8-year-old daughter, who he said he raised until the day he was arrested.
!I do admit I have a drug problem,! Mr. Cox said. !During the time I’ve been incarcerated, 15 months now, the things I’ve been doing out there, I wasn’t doing with a clear mind.!
Mr. Cox told Judge Edgar that he has only a GED yet managed to build a large, successful business. He also said he has donated money to both the University of Tennessee and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and sponsored women’s and men’s athletic teams. Assistant U.S. Attorney James Dedrick said Mr. Cox was not the typical defendant the court sees charged with selling meth.
!He’s not your general street junkie,! he said. !That goes to show you how powerful the drug is. It doesn’t respect class or wealth. It can take anyone.!
Mr. Dedrick requested the judge sentence Mr. Cox to a term less than the 10-year recommendation the sentence carries