PIKEVILLE, KY (WMDJ) — A Pikeville woman has pleaded guilty to a federal drug charge, months after being stopped at a Kentucky State Police roadblock in Magoffin County.

Jodi M. Nichols, 48, of Pikeville, was indicted by a federal grand jury in London earlier this year on a charge of possessing more than 50 grams of meth with intent to distribute. The charge carries a potential sentence of five to 40 years in prison.

Police say Nichols was stopped at a KSP traffic safety checkpoint along the Mountain Parkway near mile marker 70 on May 28. Troopers reported finding about half a pound of meth inside her 2006 Toyota Camry. 

Nichols was arrested on the federal indictment in September and pleaded guilty Monday. She is scheduled for sentencing on February 12 in federal court.