While waiting for a jury to render a verdict, a man who was accused of his role in a Greenfield area drug operation that allegedly sold drugs during the first part of the month so that "customers" would have money from their public assistance checks, has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge. 

  Jesse Ray Pryor, 22, was indicted in October on five counts, including trafficking in drugs, a felony of the second degree; possession of drugs, a felony of the second degree; trafficking in drugs, a felony of the second degree; possession of drugs, a felony of the second degree; and a forfeiture specification, following a Sept. 2 raid by the Greenfield Police Department and Hillsboro/Greenfield Joint Special Response Team on a home on Second Street in Greenfield.

The body of an adult female was found Saturday in the Fallsville Wildlife Area. 

Highland County Sheriff Ron Ward told The Highland County Press that the woman had been reported missing earlier this week, and at this point they do not consider the death to be suspicious. 

After apologizing to the court for scaring his victims and saying that an addiction to Oxycontin drove him to commit his crimes, a Dayton-area man was sentenced to five years in prison for first-degree felony aggravated robbery. The sentence will be served consecutively to 10 additional years of prison time for robberies in other counties. 

Cole Midlam, 29, pleaded guilty Friday in Highland County Common Pleas Court to one count of first-degree felony aggravated robbery.