Radio DJ from middle Georgia sentenced on federal charge

<p>A radio personality from central Georgia was sentenced Thursday to a year and a half in prison on a federal charge stemming from a drug case.</p><p>Richard Charles Orr, also known on the radio as Rick Knight, had pleaded guilty last year to failing to report the commission of a felony to the appropriate law enforcement officers.</p><p>Orr, who has worked most recently at WMCG in Dublin, asked for leniency and no prison time.</p><p>"I know I made a poor choice," Orr told U.S. District Judge Wilbur D. Owens Jr.</p><p>In April, David Cox of Warner Robins and Jack Derrick Ball Jr. of Macon were arrested at Knight's house.</p><p>During a search, authorities found methamphetamine, its ingredients and manufacturing paraphernalia, according to court records.</p><p>Cox pleaded guilty Thursday to possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, and was sentenced to five years in prison.</p><p>Initially, authorities charged Orr with manufacturing methamphetamine, but the charge was reduced.</p><p>Prior to working in Dublin, Knight worked for many years as a DJ at WDEN in Macon.</p><p>___</p><p>HASH(0x1cd9c24)</p>