LSD DEALER HANDED 20-YEAR SENTENCE

One of the largest LSD dealers ever arrested by the Hamilton County Drug
Task Force was sentenced to 20 years in prison by Hamilton Circuit Judge
Judith Proffitt.

Scott Genung, 26, of Indianapolis, who pleaded guilty to a felony count of
conspiracy to deal a controlled substance, was sentenced Thursday. He could
get out on good behavior after 10 years. He also has 308 days credited to
him that he served in the Hamilton County Jail.

Genung could have been sentenced to a maximum of 55 years in prison.

A co-defendant in the alleged California-to-Indiana drug network, Brian
Hogan, 22, of Indianapolis, pleaded guilty to the same charges and will be
sentenced Monday.

Both men were arrested last July and accused of being responsible for
bringing $1 million worth of drugs over a nine-month period into Indiana
and Hamilton County.

After the arrest, drug task force members searched Genung's home and
confiscated 310 hits of Ecstasy, a mood-enhancing drug designed to treat
mental illness, and 11,400 hits of the hallucinogen LSD. The Ecstasy's
street value was estimated at $12,400, and the LSD was worth an estimated
$57,000, said Maj. Randy Schalburg of the task force.

"That was probably one of the largest LSD cases we had worked except for
Phish and Grateful Dead concerts," he said. "For a local dealer, that was a
lot of LSD."

Genung and Hogan initially ran last April after being charged with the crime.

But Genung's father and a family friend drove to Oklahoma to return the
fugitives to Indiana.

Schalburg was pleased with Genung's sentencing Thursday, saying he was a
threat to the community.

Since the pair's arrest, Schalburg said the task force has helped the
California Drug Enforcement Administration and Sacramento and San Francisco
police arrest the California dealer who had supplied the drugs to Genung
and Hogan.