The man convicted of selling urine kits to defraud drug tests in 2001 turned himself in at the Greenville County Courthouse this morning.

Kenneth Curtis had lost his appeal to the South Carolina Supreme Court several weeks ago.

Before going in, NewsChannel 7 asked if he was prepared to go to prison.

"I don't know how to prepare," he said. "I'm having to leave my loving wife and my family and things that are very dear to me and give up my freedom as an American for something that most people can understand is a ridiculous prosecution."

He also carried with him several of his urine kits. He gave them to members of the media and a law enforcement officer manning the metal detector.

NewsChannel 7 did not accept one.

Assistant Solicitor Mindy Hervey says she may ask SLED to investigate.

"By giving these kits away this is opening me up to a felony conviction," Curtis told reporters, "which would be a second offense. And I'm willing to take that on to try to prove how adamant I am about what I do."

Curtis claims his object is not to allow drug users to pass drug screening tests but to prevent employers from gaining access to people's DNA and knowledge of what prescription drugs they take.

Once inside the courtroom, Curtis' attorneys asked Judge Charles Simmons if he could be free on bond until the Greenville County Detention Center is ready to transport prisoners to the Department of Corrections.

They said there was no reason for him to wait in jail over the weekend.

Hervey didn't like the idea.

"The state would move that we would enforce the sentence today because he distributed a kit to a member of law enforcement in the courthouse this morning..." she said. "We feel that it is a violation of his appeal bond. He's no longer entitled to that privilege."

Judge Simmons then looked at Curtis and went over the fact that he'd had a trial and his conviction was upheld by the state supreme court.

"So it seems to me that the fat lady's sung," Simmons said. "The games over. It's time now to do your time."

With that, Curtis was led away by sheriff's deputies.

Although his sentence calls for him to serve six months in prison his attorney, Rauch Wise, predicts that he will only serve three months.

That is, if this morning's actions don't cause him more legal problems.