OGDEN — A former police officer and narcotics agent was ordered to stand trial on additional drug charges following more testimony at a court hearing Tuesday, May 17.

Don Henry Johnson, appeared in the 2nd District Court of Ogden for a preliminary hearing on two charges of distribution of a controlled substance. Johnson, a former agent for the Weber-Morgan Narcotics Strike Force, was first charged with two counts of distribution of a controlled substance in January 2015. The Davis County Attorney’s Office filed two additional charges after they said new evidence came to light.

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Johnson has pleaded not guilty to all four charges.

Nicholas Lister, a former police informant, testified at the Tuesday hearing that when Johnson was an agent, Johnson requested that he purchase Oxycontin for him as part of an investigation, according to KSL News. The informant said Johnson told him he could help him avoid federal prison if he cooperated.

Lister said he bought pills for Johnson on two occasions, and that it didn’t seem like it was in the capacity of an investigation, The Salt Lake Tribune reported.  When he heard Johnson was charged in January over similar circumstances, Lister came forward to investigators.

Layton Police Detective Kelly Rushton testified that the pills Lister claims he bought for Johnson were never logged in as evidence for an investigation, according to the Salt Lake Tribune. Johnson’s attorney Cara Tangaro argued that the charges should be dismissed because Lister was not a credible witness, but Judge Brent West decided to bind the case over to trial.

A jury trial previously scheduled to start June 13 was canceled and a new date has not been selected. Johnson is scheduled to next appear in court on July 20 for a pretrial conference.

Charges were originally filed by the Davis County Attorney’s Office in the 2nd District Court of Farmington, but due to a conflict of interest, the case was moved to Weber County, according to the prosecution.

Johnson was a member the Strike Force in 2013 and 2014. As a result of his charges, several drug distribution cases that he investigated have been dismissed due to his lost credibility with the Weber County Attorney’s Office.

Johnson resigned from the Ogden Police Department shortly after the charges were filed and he was placed on leave in January.

Contact reporter Andreas Rivera at 801-625-4227 or arivera@standard.net. Follow him on Facebook or Twitter at @SE_Andreas.