( CNN ) -- The former mayor of a Florida city that successfully fought back an attempt to dissolve it over corruption has been found guilty of possessing and distributing oxycodone while he was in office . A jury deliberated for about 90 minutes Tuesday evening before finding Barry Layne Moore , 52 , guilty of obtaining and selling the prescription narcotic , said Brad Smith , a spokesman for the Bradford County Sheriff 's Office . Moore is being held without bail and will be sentenced June 10 . Moore had been mayor for just a few weeks when he was arrested November 25 after selling a single 30-milligram oxycodone pill , known on the street as a `` blueberry , '' to an undercover informant for $ 20 . He said he had known the informant for years and denied accepting any money for the pill , which was prescribed to him by a doctor for chronic back pain . He acknowledged being addicted to pain medication . Florida legislators had sought to dissolve Hampton , a city of 477 residents off U.S. 301 between Jacksonville and Gainesville , after an audit ( PDF ) uncovered financial irregularities , mismanagement and a police force that had grown out of proportion with the size of the city . Accused of corruption , threatened with extinction . For years , Hampton was a notorious speed trap . The legislators agreed to spare Hampton after Moore and other city officials resigned and the city agreed to dismantle its police force , abandon the speed trap and allow the sheriff to assume responsibility for public safety . City 'too corrupt for Florida ' is spared . City officials also agreed to hold special elections in September to tweak the city 's 1925 charter and elect a new mayor and city council .
Mayor William Layne Hampton was caught in midst of city 's corruption scandal . Hampton , however , fought attempt to dissolve the city by cleaning house . Election of 477 residents had been a notorious speed trap . Audit found financial irregularities , corruption .