MILLERSBURG — An Akron man on Thursday was sentenced to two years in prison for twice selling heroin to a confidential informant working with the Holmes County Sheriff's Office.
Terrell Q. Wright, 35, of 1377 Massillon Road, previously pleaded guilty in Holmes County Common Pleas Court to two counts of aggravated trafficking in heroin.
As part of a plea deal, one of the charges was reduced from a third-degree to a fourth-degree felony because lab analysis of the drugs in question showed they did not exceed bulk amount. Additionally, the state agreed to dismiss related charges of possession of heroin, possession of cocaine and aggravated possession of drugs.
While Wright faced up to three years in prison, his plea agreement included a joint
sentencing recommendation of two years in prison. In imposing the sentencing recommendation, Judge Robert Rinfret noted Wright has a long history of criminal convictions, has previously served time in prison and was on supervision at the time the offense was committed. The charges stem from incidents occurring on Oct. 22 and Nov. 2. On both occasions, in the vicinity of Holmesville Elementary School, Wright admittedly sold drugs to the informant. Subsequent to the second deal, the vehicle in which he was traveling was pulled over for a traffic violation near the intersection of Vermillion and Jackson streets. Holmes County Sheriff's K-9 Ali alerted to the odor of drugs, said Commander Joe Mullet of the Law Enforcement Against Drugs Task Force, adding deputies could also smell burnt marijuana in the vehicle. From the vehicle, investigators recovered heroin, crack cocaine, crystal methamphetamine and a marijuana joint Wright and his driver, Charles Edward DeVille Jr., appeared to have been smoking during their travels, said Mullet, adding they also recovered $350 in cash, taken from on Wright and in the vehicle's glove box. The drugs all were found in baggies inside DeVille's pants; however, DeVille said they were shoved there by Wright when they saw the deputy's lights, said Mullet. DeVille, 31, of 337 W. South St., Apt. B, Wooster, previously was sentenced to six months for permitting drug abuse, told officials he agreed to serve as driver in exchange for receiving heroin for his personal use, according to Holmes County Prosecutor Steve Knowling.
violations, including three prior to the case. Reese was arrested for cocaine charges in 1972, 1977, and 1980. on
Previously, in a plea deal with the state, Spurlock, 44, of 508 Massillon Road, Millersburg, pleaded guilty to a single count of illegal assembly or possession of chemicals for the manufacture of meth. In accepting the offer, which included the dismissal of several other charges, Spurlock agreed to a joint sentencing recommendation of five years in
About a week ago, Booth was on trial for the murder of 46 year-old Debra Gibson, a confidential informant for the police, as well as witness tampering, at the Volusia County Courthouse in Deland. The case was heard before Circuit Judge Randell H. Rowe, III. Assistant State Attorneys Ryan Will and Ed Davis prosecuted Booth, while J. Peyton Quarles and William F. Hathaway were his defense attorneys.
She explained how she relapsed after being 3 months clean. Since the relapse in 2015 to 2016 she became clean again in August of 2016 with the help of her fiancé and her family. Since she took responsibility for her actions and explained that she does have a problem. I believe that is the first step to recovery. She was very adamant about how she does do wrong and then she had a plan to do what was right in her life for herself and not for anyone else. It may seem selfish, but that is the only way to control an addiction within one’s self, in my opinion. Accepting what is wrong and willing to deal with it is a start and having a great support system will help tremendously. The State Board of Nursing should allow her a second chance to prove that she can overcome and control her addiction while preforming the career she worked hard to achieve. The board should place a strict probation, and tasks that she can perform should be evaluated periodically. In the Nurse Practice Act it states, “Use or unlawful possession of any controlled substance, as defined in chapter 195, or alcoholic beverage to an extent that such use impairs a person 's ability to perform the work of any profession licensed or regulated by sections 335.011 to 335.096 (pg.
He was claiming to be innocent at all times but he didn’t have a good legal representation, his lawyer never visit him in jail, as punishment he was in solitary confine for 2 years consecutives,
John O'Rourke, inmate number four was sentenced to five years for grand larceny. He received his first rawhide beating two short weeks after his arrival.
Drug court is between one to two years in duration, depending on which county the program is located in and how willing the participant is to implement the program into their daily lives. The philosophy is, “keep individuals in treatment long enough for it to work, while supervising them closely” (nadcp.org). Participants are held accountable for every action they have, whether positive or negative. Meaning, they are “rewarded for doing well or sanctioned when they do not live up to their obligations” (nadcp.org). Sanctions can range anywhere from community service, earlier curfew restrictions, a treatment facility, and even up to a weekend or months in jail, depending on the severity of the
“Proposition 36 doesn’t provide “court-supervised” drug treatment. It ties the hands of judges, hurts legitimate treatment and effectively decriminalizes heroin, methamphetamine and other illegal drugs. Drug courts hold drug abusers accountable with regular drug testing and consequences for failing treatment— accountability not found in Proposition 36.”
The novel “High Price” by Dr. Carl Hart, discusses Dr. Harts personal story growing up around poverty, drugs, and turning his life around to better himself. The text states “The U.S. Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics examined the connections between drugs and crime in prisoners, analyzing data from 1997 to 2004. It found that only a third of state prisoners committed their crimes under the influence of drugs and only around the same proportion were addicted” (110). Drugs have proven time and time again to influence prisoners to do wrong, especially when they’ve become addicted to the drugs they’ve allowed their body to consume.
Mandatory minimums for controlled substances were first implemented in the 1980s as a countermeasure for the hysteria that surrounded drugs in the era (“A Brief History,” 2014). The common belief was that stiff penalties discouraged people from using drugs and enhanced public safety (“A Brief History,” 2014). That theory, however, was proven false and rather than less illegal drug activity, there are simply more people incarcerated. Studies show that over half of federal prisoners currently incarcerated are there on drug charges, a 116 percent percentage rise since 1970 (Miles, 2014). Mass incarceration is an ever growing issue in the United States and is the result of policies that support the large scale use of imprisonment on
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Prosecutors are getting less and less reluctant to tag on felony charges. David Brooks is a professor Yale University and teaches criminal justice. David Brooks explains that prosecutors “have gotten a lot more aggressive in bringing felony charges,” stating that felony charges carry a longer prison sentence than misdemeanors. When a felony charge is used, the judge can give any term sentence because the “mandatory minimum” sentencing will be voided. Mandatory minimum sentences are the least amount of time that a convicted inmate must serve for his sentence. In the past, minimum sentencing laws were useful due to the fact that crime rates wer...
the past 27 years, however was sentenced to prison with no bail because he was transferring documents
In the 1980s, the United States started a campaign to reduce to the use and sale of illegal drugs and this increased the numbers of those arrested, convicted, and incarcerated. William J. Stuntz (2013) argues, “mandatory minimum sentences, longer sentences for nonviolent first-time offenders, and “three strikes” laws mandating increased penalties for repeat offenders have all contributed to this increase” (p.380). Also, the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 abolished parole for federal inmates and modified how much time inmates could earn for good behavior. Inmates incarcerated after November 1, 1987 are not eligible for parole. These practices lead to limited abilities to reduce our prison population numbers. The type of drug offenses range from misdemeanor offenses of being under the influence of illicit drugs to felony offenses such as possession/transportation or sale of illicit drugs. The prisons become overpopulated with more nonviolent offenders with the current laws.
The first case, State of North Dakota vs. Justin Lee Nagel, involved a man who had been on probation after being convicted of possession of heroin and drug paraphernalia in February of 2015. He was in court for violating his petition of probation from that felony drug case.