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Greenfield man sentenced to prison for aggravated trafficking in a fentanyl-related compound

By
Caitlin Forsha, The Highland County Press

A Greenfield man was sentenced to a mandatory four years in prison this week after pleading guilty last month to a first-degree felony drug trafficking charge.

Scott A. Clay, 54, was indicted in August and charged with aggravated trafficking in a fentanyl-related compound and aggravated possession of a fentanyl-related compound, both first-degree felonies, as well as a fifth-degree felony count of aggravated trafficking in a fentanyl-related compound.

Clay pleaded guilty to the first-degree felony trafficking charge in November, with the other two counts dismissed.

The indictment alleged that on or about July 6, Clay “did knowingly prepare for shipment, ship, transport, deliver, prepare for distribution or distribute,” a fentanyl-related compound in an amount equal to or exceeding 20 grams but less than 50 grams.

According to a bill of particulars, Highland County Task Force officers “ran surveillance” on a vehicle occupied by Clay “and observed activity consistent with drug trafficking.” A “bag containing an unknown substance” was found during a traffic stop on the vehicle and later determined to contain 27.23 grams of a fentanyl-related compound, the bill of particulars says.

As noted by Highland County Common Pleas Court Judge Rocky Coss, the four-year sentence in this case is mandatory and can be up to six years, under the Reagan Tokes Law. Clay had 24 days of jail time credit.

Clay's co-defendant, Isaac Garrison, 23, pleaded guilty to the same charge and received the same sentence Nov. 9.