Greenfield man sentenced to prison for drug trafficking

A Greenfield man was sentenced to three years in prison recently after pleading guilty to a drug trafficking charge.

Dylan Tate Campbell, 32, was indicted by a Highland County grand jury in May and charged with one count of aggravated trafficking in methamphetamine, a second-degree felony; one count of aggravated possession of methamphetamine, a second-degree felony; two counts of trafficking in a fentanyl-related compound, both fifth-degree felonies; two counts of possession of a fentanyl-related compound, both fifth-degree felonies; one count of trafficking in cocaine, a fifth-degree felony; and one count of possession of cocaine, a fifth-degree felony. The indictment was initially sealed, or made secret.

According to court records, Campbell pleaded guilty July 1 to the second-degree felony count of aggravated trafficking in methamphetamine, with the remaining seven charges dismissed.

For that count, it is alleged that on or about Aug. 14, 2025 in Highland County and as a continuing course of criminal conduct in Ross County, Campbell “did knowingly sell or offer to sell” meth “in an amount equal to or exceeding five times bulk amount but less than 50 times bulk amount.”

After accepting Campbell’s guilty plea, Highland County Common Pleas Court Judge Rocky Coss sentenced Campbell to a mandatory three years in prison, with jail time credit of nine days. Under the Reagan Tokes Law, Campbell could serve up to four and a half years in prison. 

Campbell was additionally ordered to pay $464 in restitution to the Highland County Task Force, while a handgun seized from him was ordered forfeited to the Greenfield Police Department.

Campbell was admitted into the Correctional Reception Center in Orient on July 8, according to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.