Of 20 defendants in the Henry County Sheriff's Office corruption case, only one took his charges to a jury. Robert Keith Adams, a former sergeant in the sheriff's department, was convicted Friday of making a false statement to investigators and obstructing justice.

These were the witnesses in Adams' trial:

Stan Slater, FBI agent: Slater recounted how authorities in 2005 began investigating drug-dealing and other crimes in and around the Henry County Sheriff's Office, and how a crooked-officer-turned-informant, James Vaught, taped more than 100 conversations with officers and others, leading to most of the arrests in the case. He said that when he interviewed Adams in March 2006, Adams said he had gotten a tip in 2001 about Vaught stealing drugs and had asked a dispatcher and a vice officer for information, but did not report anything to a supervisor. He also said that Adams told him he hadn't arrested Vaught for attempted bribery in 2006 because Vaught had a family, and that Adams did not pass on to authorities Vaught's plan to sell a half kilogram of cocaine to Wilbert Brown. Once Adams spread word that he thought Vaught was recording conversations, Slater said, Vaught's usefulness as an informant ended and Vaught was in danger.

James Vaught, rogue Henry County officer, later an informant; pleaded guilty to racketeering: Vaught testified that he and former Sgt. David Allan King, who has pleaded guilty to racketeering and conspiring to distribute ketamine and steroids, would sell drugs that they seized to William Randall Reed and Ronald Dean Trantham. He said he stole a kilogram and a half of cocaine from two men at the former Red Carpet Inn near Ridgeway and sold some of it to Trantham but most to Reed, who then transferred it to Wilbert Herman Brown, who in turn passed it to well-known drug dealer Calvin Rayfield Moore. Vaught said rookie officer Jimmy Montrief, who had accompanied him to the motel, knew nothing about what happened to the drugs. He said Robert Adams asked him repeatedly about the incident and asked for money. He said he asked Adams if the tipster was still asking about the case and Adams said no, he'd told the tipster that it was being handled. He said he owned a rental house where a key was left out for officers to conduct extramarital affairs and where Reed took drug deliveries, paying Vaught in ketamine and later cash. When the feds busted Reed in March 2005, Vaught said, he resigned because his conscience got to him. He said authorities charged him and he began taping conversations for them. He taped two conversations with Adams and tried to give him $1,000 for his silence, but he said Adams did not take the money. He said Adams seemed to know he was being taped the second time.

James Keaton, former Henry County officer; pleaded guilty to possessing stolen firearms: Keaton was Vaught's roommate at Radford University. He testified that around the first week of 2006, Adams asked if he'd heard rumors that Vaught stole drugs; he checked with vice officers but no one knew anything. Adams told him that Vaught had asked for a meeting; he told Adams it was OK to meet with Vaught, and Adams returned to report Vaught said he'd taken care of stuff with the DEA. Keaton said he assumed this referred to the feds busting Reed at the rental home Vaught owned. He said Adams did not tell him that Vaught had said he sold cocaine he stole in 2001. Adams later said he'd talked to Vaught again and Vaught offered him $1,000. Keaton told Adams he didn't want to hear more, but if Vaught contacted Adams again, Adams should warn him that anything he said would be reported and tell Vaught he should contact his attorney. After the DEA busted drug dealer Rayfield Moore in April 2006 without telling the sheriff's office, Keaton said he tried to figure out with Kimmy Nester why the feds were not communicating with them. He said he told Nester about Adams' talks with Vaught, and he said he interviewed Adams with Nester and took a statement. That was the first he'd heard about the 2001 incident at the motel. Keaton said they asked Adams why he hadn't reported this before, and Adams said he trusted Vaught.

Wilbert Herman Brown, drug dealer; pleaded guilty to racketeering and has a long criminal record that includes homicide: Brown said Rayfield Moore had good information on upcoming police raids. He said James Vaught came to him in late 2005 or early 2006 and wanted to sell a half kilogram of cocaine. He said he later told Adams that Vaught was trying to contact Adams, and Adams said he was not going to talk to Vaught because he might be recording conversations.

Nelson Thomas, captain in the Henry County Sheriff's Office: Thomas said Robert Adams told him that Carlton Riley had invited him to go to Rayfield Moore's house to play cards, and he advised Adams not to go because of Moore's criminal reputation. He said he did not know if Adams went.

Winona Dudley, girlfriend of Rayfield Moore for 17 years before his death in November 2006: Dudley said that on June 7, 2003, Carlton Riley and Robert Adams came to a motel room where she and Moore were staying, and Moore gave Adams money and said he was buying information about police activities. She said she had testified falsely in an earlier case involving an accusation that Moore brandished a pistol at occupants of a truck who had harassed them. Dudley said she did not abuse the painkillers she was prescribed for injuries she sustained in the wreck that killed Moore, and she said she was not still taking them and they did not affect her memory.

Cory Moore, son of Rayfield Moore: Moore said his father knew a lot about police activities. He said his father complained that he gave money to Riley to give to Adams, but Riley kept it.

Kimmy Nester, lieutenant in the Henry County Sheriff's Office, former No. 2 officer in the department: Nester said he was frustrated that James Keaton and Robert Adams hadn't told him earlier about Vaught, and he was surprised that Keaton had OK'd Adams meeting with Vaught without wearing a wire.

Terry Carroll, pharmacist: Carroll said Lortab, the painkiller that Winona Dudley took after the wreck that injured her and killed Rayfield Moore, could affect memory if taken in large amounts. He said Dudley's prescription records did not indicate extreme use.

Richard McGarry, forensic toxicologist: McGarry said Lortab could affect memory and mood, and he said he had not reviewed Winona Dudley's records beyond her prescription list.

Bob Bushnell, Henry County commonwealth's attorney: Bushnell said Red Thomas, who he'd represented on a drug charge in the 1980s, called him years ago with some report about the police, but he could not recall any specifics. Thomas was the tipster who told Robert Adams about James Vaught's drug theft.

The Rev. Thurman Echols Jr.: Echols testified to Adams' reputation for truthfulness.

Carlton Riley, former state probation officer; pleaded guilty to attempted possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and is serving 57-month sentence: Riley said he never been in motel or residence with Moore, Adams and Dudley; said could not recall if he purchased kilograms of cocaine from Moore before the one-kilogram deal that led to his arrest.

Jimmy Montrief, Henry County Sheriff's Office: Montrief was a rookie being trained by James Vaught on the night of the motel drug seizure in 2001. He said Vaught told him that the search was done wrong so no charges could be filed and not to talk about it,and that he'd take the drugs and destroy them. Montrief said it wasn't until 2006, when Kimmy Nester sent him to take photos at the motel, that he realized anything might have been wrong with incident. He said he immediately spoke to supervisors at the sheriff's office, the FBI and state police and told them all he knew.

Morgan Scott, attorney, Roanoke College professor and former federal prosecutor: Scott wrote a letter of commendation ;to Adams in 1989.

Margaret Bruce, Henry County emergency dispatcher: Bruce said Adams asked her in 2001 if there had been a drug-related call to the Red Carpet Inn, then asked for the case number to log his inquiry.

Eric Hairston, sergeant, Henry County Sheriff's Office: Hairston said he was the lead school resource officer in 2001, when Adams also was assigned to schools, though he had no official supervisory role. He said Adams asked whether he'd heard anything about officers taking drugs from a motel, and when he said no, Adams said he was going to look into it. He said Adams later told him he was checking with James Vaught about the motel incident, and that Vaught had approached Adams at a ball game both were working to ask why he was inquiring about it. Hairston said he knew that Adams was continuing to needle Vaught about the motel incident to try to get information from him. He said in 2006 Adams told him he'd talked to Vaught but did not tell him that Vaught had confessed to stealing cocaine, running a drug house, stealing $100,000 or trying to sell a half kilogram of cocaine. He said that before Adams talked to Kimmy Nester about Vaught, he asked Hairston whether Hairston remembered their talks in 2001 about Vaught. He testified that Adams said James Keaton had told him to meet with Vaught in 2006, and Adams said he told Keaton and then-Lt. Lane Perry about conversations with Vaught.

Sandra Estes, director of nursing at a Martinsville nursing home: Estes knew Rayfield Moore, Winona Dudley and Robert Adams. She described Moore as a relative, Dudley as intoxicated and a poor employee, and Adams as caring for his terminally ill brother. She said she knew of no connection between Moore and Adams.

Ann Joan Moore, widow of Rayfield Moore: She said she never saw Robert Adams at her home and didn't know if Adams played cards with her husband.

Mike Rogers, Martinsville police chief: Rogers said he and an off-duty officer were in his pickup truck when they came upon a car weaving in its lane. When they pulled alongside to see if an elderly person was driving, Rayfield Moore held a pistol out the window. Rogers said he and the other officer ducked and drove off rapidly, called Henry County deputies, stopped the car carrying Moore and Winona Dudley, and charged Moore.

Craig O'der, Virginia Department of Corrections investigator and former Henry County Sheriff's officer: He described Robert Adams as an excellent manager who allowed even criminals to maintain their dignity.

James Roundtree, human resources director for Behavioral Health in Martinsville, former school adminstrator: He said Robert Adams has a reputation for truthfulness.

Travis Wilkins, former Henry County Sheriff's officer; pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number: Wilkins said he was aware of no connection between Robert Adams and Rayfield Moore, and he considered James Vaught a liar.

Greg Preston, mental health services administrator: Preston said Robert Adams has an excellent reputation in the community.

John Accord, Henry County Sheriff's Office school resource officer, former vice officer: Accord said Robert Adams never tried to pry into what the vice unit was doing.

Ben Gravely, Henry County schools administrator: He knew Robert Adams as friend and through his assignments in the schools. He said he never saw Adams and Moore together.

Dean Randall, Bassett High School principal: Randall knew Robert Adams as a student and through the sheriff's office's work in schools.

Karen Mullens Adams, wife of Robert Adams: She said Carlton Riley and Robert Adams, who were fraternity brothers, had a falling out five years ago and had had nothing to do with each other afterward. She said her husband was home on June 7, 2003, to help supervise their son's birthday sleepover party. She said she never saw her husband with Rayfield Moore.

Robert Adams: Adams said he had never been in a motel, residence or elsewhere with Rayfield Moore, Carlton Riley and Winona Dudley. He said he never took money or played cards with Moore and had never been to Moore's house. He said he never told Wilbert Brown that James Vaught was looking for him and might be wired. He said he thought Red Thomas was on drugs and didn't think much of Thomas' tip but checked it out anyway. He testified that he asked dispatcher and former officer Brian Wimbush about it, and told Eric Hairston about it but forgot to put this in the 2006 report to Kimmy Nester or mention it during his interviews with the FBI and state police. Likewise, he forgot to mention that he'd told Lane Perry. He said he tried to get information about the motel seizure from Vaught for years but could not confirm anything to the point of reporting it; Adams said he wishes now he'd reported it anyway. He said Vaught contacted him in January 2006 and, after getting the OK from James Keaton, he met with Vaught. The meeting was in early January, he said, not Jan. 23 as the prosecutor's transcript says. Vaught said many things he did not really listen to, he said. Adams said he was again fishing for more details from Vaught. He said Vaught tried to give him $1,000 during their second meeting, but he wouldn't take it. Adams said he hand-wrote a statement about Vaught for Nester, and Nester had it typed and added a sentence about not reporting anything earlier. Adams said he thought he did what was right, but would do it differently now by telling Nester the rumors about Vaught in 2001 rather than waiting to try to gather conclusive evidence. He said he had a prior DUI conviction and had had extramarital affairs, and he said had a habit of buying lottery tickets and enjoyed playing cards with friends. Adams admitted leaving his son's birthday party on June 7, 2003, to buy lottery tickets, but he said he returned home quickly. He said he was not paying attention to Vaught during the first conversation Vaught recorded because he was scratching off lottery tickets. He said his mention of Vaught and other officers stealing money from a residence was an attempt to get information rather than an indication that he had knowledge of the event.

Terry Preston, former inmate with Brown: Preston said Brown told another prisoner that authorities would reduce their sentence and offer financial support in exchange for testimony against Adams and Riley.

Mark Austin, Virginia State Police: He recounted an interview with Sandra Estes in which she said Rayfield Moore contacted her for help in reaching Robert Adams.

Lane Perry, Henry County sheriff: Perry said Robert Adams never reported any illegal activities involving James Vaught until Kimmy Nester asked him for a statement in March 2006.