A Bowling Green man accused of tampering with the odometers of vehicles sold at two of his auto dealerships is expected to a face a jury in the new year.

Randy Huff, 58, appeared Monday in U.S. District Court in Bowling Green, where he is under indictment on four counts of odometer tampering and one count each of conspiracy to tamper with odometers and wire fraud.

Federal prosecutors allege that Huff and a co-defendant, Donnie Wilson, were involved in a scheme that involved altering the mileage readings on the odometers of a number of vehicles from 2016 to 2020 that were sold at South Side Auto Sales in Bowling Green and Huff’s Auto Sales in Beaver Dam.

Wilson has pleaded guilty to all counts and awaits sentencing.

Huff’s jury trial is set for Jan. 28.

At Monday’s pretrial conference, U.S. District Court Chief Judge Greg Stivers asked Huff’s attorney, Scott Cox, whether he believed the case would proceed to trial.

“I am working closely with Mr. Huff reviewing the evidence and all available options to him,” Cox said. “We’re continuing to go through the proof and I’ve advised him of the consequences of going to trial and not prevailing rather than him being acquitted.”

Stivers confirmed with Huff that he knew that if he were convicted at trial, he would receive a more severe sentence than what would be offered to him in a plea agreement.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Raymond McGee said in court that he anticipated the trial would last four or five days, and that he planned to call between 15-20 witnesses.

Cox said that Huff has been experiencing some health problems, but that he would not file a motion to continue the trial without consulting Huff’s medical records and deciding that would be a necessary step.

Huff used a walker to get to the counsel table to sit beside Cox.

According to court records, Johnson aided Huff by buying vehicles with the intent of altering the odometers, lowering the mileage readings by thousands of miles in order to sell the cars at higher prices to customers.

Wilson, in pleading guilty, also acknowledged requesting a new title for a 2011 Nissan Altima with an altered odometer, which provided the basis for a wire fraud charge.

Federal prosecutors have said in court filings that odometers were altered in 22 vehicles that were sold at the two businesses between 2018 and 2022.

The charges carry a maximum total sentence of 35 years in prison.