Hillsboro man gets community control in drug trafficking case
A Hillsboro man indicted in connection with a Highland County Task Force case was sentenced to community control this week.
Jeffrey Williamson, 38, was charged in May with aggravated trafficking in methamphetamine in the vicinity of a juvenile, a third-degree felony; and aggravated possession of methamphetamine, a fifth-degree felony.
According to court records, Williamson pleaded guilty in July to the trafficking charge, with the possession charge dismissed.
The indictment handed down May 7 alleged that on or about Nov. 7, 2023, Williamson “did knowingly sell or offer to sell methamphetamine … in the vicinity of a juvenile.”
During a sentencing hearing Aug. 7, Highland County Common Pleas Court Judge Rocky Coss sentenced Williamson to three years of community control and ordered him to successfully complete a substance use disorder treatment program. Williamson was also ordered to pay $50 in restitution to the Highland County Task Force.
As previously reported, local law enforcement executed search warrants and made multiple arrests in Hillsboro, Greenfield and Rocky Fork Lake areas May 9, after a Highland County grand jury handed down 15 indictments in connection with Highland County Task Force investigations.
The charges were the result of ongoing work of the Highland County Task Force and local county law enforcement partners to stop drug trafficking in the area. Highland County Task Force, Highland County Sheriff’s Office, Hillsboro Police Department and Greenfield Police Department officers participated in the May 9 arrest roundup.
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