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Lima drug dealer gets 6-year prison sentence
By J Swygart - jswygart@limanews.com
Dontez Laws, 25, of Lima, left, was sentenced Monday to a minimum of six years in prison on several drug-related counts, the most serious of which involved trafficking in heroin and a fentanyl-related substance.
J Swygart | The Lima News
Dontez Laws left an Allen County courtroom in handcuffs Monday to begin serving a six-year prison sentence for dealing narcotics in Lima.
J Swygart | The Lima News
LIMA A Lima man will spend the next six years in prison for trafficking in heroin and a fentanyl-related compound and other related charges.
Lima man jailed following drug-related search warrants
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LIMA The Allen County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday released details about search warrants at three county residences that took place more than a week earlier.
According to the press release, on Feb. 9 officers with the West Central Ohio Crime Task Force, assisted by the Allen County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team and the Auglaize County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team, served narcotics-related search warrants at 4865 Dutch Hollow Road, 319 N. Jameson Ave. and 5179 Norfolk St. in Lima.
During the search of the residences, a semi-automatic handgun, suspected marijuana, suspected cocaine, suspected heroin, suspected fentanyl, suspected fentanyl pressed pills, suspected methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia and $5,787.00 U.S. currency were located and seized as evidence.
Lima drug raid nabs one
Authorities found suspected cocaine, paraphernalia, cash and a stolen handgun.
A resident of the home, Jaquaveius E. Harvey, 28, was taken into custody at the scene.
Charges will be presented to the Allen County Grand Jury.
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Lima man caught with fentanyl waives speedy trial
By J Swygart - jswygart@limanews.com
Jamere Austin appeared in a Lima courtroom Thursday and waived his right to a speedy trial on a first-degree felony charge of possession of a fentanyl-related compound. He is shown conferring with his attorney, Carroll Creighton.
J Swygart | The Lima News
LIMA A Lima man alleged to have possessed a controlled substance that contained fentanyl in a bulk amount appeared in Allen County Common Pleas Court on Thursday to waive his constitutional right to a speedy trial.
Jamere Austin, 27, was indicted by a grand jury in December for possession of a fentanyl-related compound, a felony of the first degree that also includes specifications for the use of a gun during the commission of the crime and the forfeiture of guns and money in a drug case.