It was the first full day for the jury in the Crawford trial and they got to hear opening statements and testimony from the witnesses. However, they only heard from one witness Wednesday.

With all the evidence the government brought forward, the jury heard nearly four hours of recorded interactions between the witness and some of the Crawford family members. It took so long because the government brought recordings of alleged drug deals from the span of a year that eventually led to the arrest of O'Dell and Joyce Crawford.

Day one of the Crawford trial began with opening statements from the Assistant U.S. Attorney and the four defense attorneys. Then the first witness, who is an Elkton native already serving a long sentence on unrelated charges, took the stand.

The witness was approached by investigators and used as an informant in the undercover investigation into the alleged drug ring the Crawford family was running.

The recordings started on July 26, 2006 when the informant, equipped with wires, allegedly made his first controlled purchase from O'Dell Crawford by exchanging 37 cartons of cigarettes for methamphetamine. The government says the cigarettes would then be sold in O'Dell's grocery store.

As soon as the sale was over, the informant testified that he took the drugs to the investigator. Most of the evidence revealed transactions between the informant and O'Dell, but sometimes they also involved Joyce Crawford.

In one recorded conversation, The informant allegedly asked for cocaine. The recordings revealed Joyce said that she could provide some. The informant asked what time to come back for the drugs and she said about 8:30 in the evening to which the informant replied that he would come back that night.

In the recorded conversation, the informant asks, "Coke. Can you get your hands on some of that?"

Joyce replies, "Yeah."

Informant - "What time should I come back?"

Joyce - "About 8:30"

Information - "Alright, I'll be back."

At the end of the witness' testimony, he did admit at one time using the meth during this undercover operation. As mentioned before, this investigation eventually led up to the arrests of the Crawfords on July 10, 2007 during which law enforcement officials seized a hand written recipe for methamphetamine, more than $30,000 of drug-related proceeds from inside their home, and clear plastic bags containing small amounts of meth.

The defense only had about an hour Wednesday to cross-examine the first witness, but that is expected to continue Thursday. The Assistant U.S. Attorney is expected to bring forward more witnesses.