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Drug offenders, probation violator plead guilty
Published Friday, November 27, 2009
Four men arrested in a drug roundup in October pleaded guilty Wednesday in Lawrence County Common Pleas Court.
Larry E. Blankenship, 30, of 46 Private Drive 9992, South Point, pleaded guilty to charges of aggravated trafficking in drugs and trafficking in drugs.
Judge D. Scott Bowling sentenced him to five years in prison and fined him $12,500. Blankenship must surrender his driver’s license for five years.
Robert L. Esque, Jr., 22, of 52 Township Road 338, Ironton, pleaded guilty to charges of trafficking in drugs and aggravated trafficking in drugs.
Bowling sentenced him as well to five years in prison. Like Blankenship, Esque must also pay a $12,500 fine and surrender his driver’s license five years.
Frank Zeigler, 48, of 1216 S. Fifth St., Ironton, pleaded guilty to two indictments, both alleging drug peddling.
Bowling also sentenced him to five years in prison, fined him $23,750 and revoked his driver’s license for five years.
Raymond E. Brown, 51, of 713 Mill St., Ironton, pleaded guilty to charges of trafficking in drugs and aggravated trafficking in drugs.
Judge Charles Cooper sentenced him to four years community control sanctions under intensive supervised probation (CCS/ISP) and ordered him to successfully complete a rehabilitation program at the STAR Community Justice Center.
Brown was also fined $1,250 and ordered to surrender his driver’s license for six months.
Blankenship, Esque, Brown, and Zeigler were among more than 20 people arrested in October in a drug sweep.
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Posted by ribbon (anonymous) on November 27, 2009 at 3:51 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Perhaps the two who were slamed, ought to find out who the lawyer is for Brown.
Posted by ribbon (anonymous) on November 27, 2009 at 3:53 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Sorry, I was told who ever talks first gets the better deal.
Posted by indieVoter (anonymous) on November 27, 2009 at 8:43 p.m. (Suggest removal)
These are some of the people from the big drug round-up from late October. The comments by ribbon made me remember something.
Brown was the last of those people from the round-up to be brought in...
http://wowktv.com/story.cfm?func=viewsto...
I remember reading it here and seeing his picture in the story as well, when he was pointed out as the last one still at large.
Brown was charged with aggravated trafficking in drugs and trafficking in crack cocaine. Although he plead guilty this week, he originally plead innocent earlier in the month and his pretrial was set for 11/25...
http://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/ohio...
So maybe it's not a matter of who talks first. Maybe Brown, again...the last of the "October round-up" arrests...was just able to get rid of some evidence and/or wasn't caught as red-handed as some of the others. He did put himself in a position to negotiate with his original innocent plea.
This actually begs for a point to be made. We can reasonably determine that Raymond Brown was either a) the best criminal b) the luckiest criminal or c) innocent. The fact that he was the last one arrested means he was either good or lucky. The fact that he originally plead innocent means he was either the better/smarter criminal or that he wasn't really guilty at all.
Now, I ask you, is there any way that can be good? I mean, if Brown is really innocent we should be upset that he got shafted by the legal system...if he was guilty we should be upset that he got one over on the legal system. I mean, the "best" criminals are the ones that should be locked up first...not last.
Somebody absolutely got the shaft here and it's just more obvious because he's in the same article with others who got prison time for the same basic charges. It's a hard matter to overcome from a practical standpoint but, if nothing else, is food for thought.
Posted by HippyChick (anonymous) on November 27, 2009 at 9:43 p.m. (Suggest removal)
It wasn't Raymond Brown that got the shaft, that's for sure. He went to prison the last time for crack cocaine. It was about three years ago. Got back, what, last fall, maybe? Hungry for thinking food?
Every morning, I look into the eyes of a five year old victim of circumstance who is mine until he is 18. He wants to know when his mama is going to pass a drug test so she can take him to the park. She'll have a better chance with Brown off the streets... Oh, wait, he is still out there. Chew on that.
Posted by kaynurse39 (anonymous) on November 28, 2009 at 3:37 a.m. (Suggest removal)
So will they actually serve any time?
Posted by billco (anonymous) on November 28, 2009 at 9:24 a.m. (Suggest removal)
yes, 6 months at star. i don't know how he ended up at star, thats for first time offenders, or so i thought it was.
Posted by falinrok (anonymous) on November 28, 2009 at 2:05 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Indievoter , A innocent plea is always givin at the begining of any trial . Duh... Puff Puff, ssssssstttt Pass
Posted by nottellin (anonymous) on November 30, 2009 at 7:50 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Actually, it's not "innocent" the plea is "Not Guilty".
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