Washington Court House man sentenced to prison for drug trafficking in Highland County
A Washington Court House man has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to a first-degree felony drug trafficking charge in Highland County Common Pleas Court.
As previously reported, Cole Michael Chrisman, 31, was indicted by a Highland County grand jury in December and charged with aggravated trafficking in methamphetamine, a first-degree felony; aggravated possession of methamphetamine, a first-degree felony; trafficking in a fentanyl-related compound, a third-degree felony; and possession of a fentanyl-related compound, a third-degree felony.
Chrisman pleaded guilty to the aggravated trafficking in methamphetamine on May 16, according to court records. The remaining charges were dismissed.
A bill of particulars alleged that on or about Nov. 8, Highland County Task Force investigators notified the Greenfield Police Department that Chrisman — “who had active felony warrants for his arrest” — was sitting in a vehicle in Greenfield. He was located and arrested, at which point Chrisman allegedly “advised that he had a large amount of” drugs in the vehicle and that he “was selling drugs to save up money,” the bill of particulars says.
A Greenfield K9 alerted to the vehicle, and as alleged in the bill of particulars, among the items located inside the car was a bag containing 164.45 grams of meth.
Highland County Common Pleas Court Judge Rocky Coss sentenced Chrisman to four years in prison, with jail time credit of 22 days. Under the Reagan Tokes Law, Chrisman could serve up to six years for this felony.
The minimum four-year term in Highland County is to run consecutively to a previously imposed sentence from Fayette County Common Pleas Court, which was issued in February after Chrisman pleaded guilty to aggravated possession of drugs, a second-degree felony, and possession of cocaine, a third-degree felony. Judge David Bender sentenced Chrisman to a mandatory minimum of four years (with a maximum of five and a half years, under the Reagan Tokes Law).
Chrisman has been incarcerated in the Madison Correctional Institution since Feb. 20, according to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.
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