A Nurse Practitioner Who Plead Guilty Earlier This Year In U.S. District Court In Abingdon To Illegal Distribution Of Opiates And Other Prescription Drugs Is Set To Be Sentenced This Afternoon. 43 Year Old Matthew Sykes Admitted To Conspiring To Misbrand A Drug And Illegally Distributing Schedule Three And Four Controlled Substances. He Also Pled To Using The U.S. Postal Service In Committing, Causing Or Facilitating A Felony Drug Trafficking Offense. Sykes Was Employed By Watauga Recovery Center.