Detroit man sentenced to 30 years in prison following major drug interdiction operation in Scioto County
Scioto County Prosecuting Attorney Shane A. Tieman announces that Anton Glynn Miles, 36, of Detroit, Mich., has entered a guilty plea in the Scioto County Court of Common Pleas to 16 felony offenses, one count of engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity (F1), three counts of trafficking in a fentanyl-related compound (F1) with Major Drug Offender specification, and 12 counts of possessing criminal tools (F5) relating to the fleet of commercial rental vehicles used to transport narcotics across state lines.
Under the negotiated plea agreement, the Court imposed an agreed aggregate sentence of 30 to 35.5 years in the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, with 18 years of that sentence being mandatory. His first release eligibility from prison will not occur until he has served at least 24 years of the sentence.
The conviction culminates an extensive multi-jurisdictional investigation that dismantled a large-scale interstate drug pipeline orchestrated by Miles. Operating out of Detroit, Mich., Miles allegedly directed a supply network that moved bulk quantities of fentanyl and heroin into Northern Kentucky and Huntington, W.Va. through southern Ohio. The evidence also suggested that Miles operated in Indianapolis, Ind.
The broader investigation documented Miles's narcotics distribution connections extending across other major regional hubs, including Detroit, Indianapolis and Chicago.
A critical element of the enterprise, documented throughout the indictment and rental transaction records, was Miles's systematic use of commercial rental fleets and car-sharing platforms to facilitate drug deliveries and evade detection. Subpoenaed records and evidence from five different companies revealed that Miles routinely rented vehicles in Michigan, added his drug couriers as authorized drivers or financed rentals under co-conspirators' names. These vehicles were used to transport bulk narcotics and formed the basis for numerous felony counts of possessing criminal tools.
The dismantling of Miles's network in Scioto County was spearheaded by District 9 Criminal Patrol Trooper Lewis, a 20-year veteran of the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The Trooper’s vigilance and interdiction expertise directly resulted in three major felony traffic stops on state Route 823 that crippled the Miles organization's regional distribution pipeline:
• Jan. 12, 2022: Trooper Lewis stopped a 2021 Ford Escape operated by a 22-year-old female courier. Rental agreements later confirmed that Miles had rented the vehicle in Michigan just two days prior and added the female as an authorized driver. A search of the vehicle uncovered a magnetic concealment box zip-tied to the undercarriage near the exhaust containing approximately 600 grams of fentanyl. Evidence indicated that drug trips had been occurring monthly, at times twice a month, since at least July of 2021.
• April 22, 2022: Trooper Lewis stopped a 2020 Nissan Rogue rented out of Livonia, Mich., occupied by two female co-conspirators. Following an alert from an Ohio State Highway Patrol narcotics K-9, troopers discovered approximately 405 grams of fentanyl concealed inside a bag of clothing on the rear seat. Evidence indicated that at least two additional trips had occurred prior to this stop.
• Aug. 15, 2022: Trooper Lewis observed two vehicles traveling together in tandem: a van operated by male, Detroit rideshare driver and a rental Chevrolet Suburban operated by Miles. When Trooper Lewis signaled both vehicles to stop, Miles briefly pulled over before speeding away from the scene. Trooper Lewis pursued and stopped Miles, while Trooper Anthony Day and his K9 partner searched the rideshare vehicle, recovering approximately 237 grams of narcotics packaged inside a coffee container and covered in gear grease. Evidence indicated that the rideshare driver was being paid $500 per trip by Miles to transport narcotics from Michigan and had called the rideshare driver during the stop instructing him to flee. Evidence indicated that multiple trips had occurred from Detroit to Indianapolis and from Detroit to West Virginia prior to this stop.
After three major drug offender amounts of narcotics were seized, Miles rerouted his operation, traveling from Detroit to Indianapolis to Northern Kentucky, avoiding Trooper Lewis altogether. The Office of the Prosecuting Attorney enlisted the assistance of the Southern Ohio Drug Task Force after the August 2022 stop.
It took approximately three years to collect all the necessary evidence to present to a grand jury establishing Miles’ role as the lynchpin behind these drug seizures. Following the 34-count indictment returned in August 2025, Miles became a fugitive.
Detectives with the Southern Ohio Drug Task Force tracked Miles's movements through a number of states and jurisdictions. Surveillance tracked Miles traveling from Detroit to Chicago, back through Indianapolis, and south toward Kentucky in a 2024 Toyota Camry he had rented from Enterprise in Royal Oak, Mich.
On Nov. 2, 2025, the Southern Ohio Drug Task Force and Kentucky law enforcement located the rental Camry at a known narcotics location in Grayson, Ky. Officers conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle leaving the residence, apprehending Miles and local distributor Craig Heath Horton on active felony warrants.
During the arrest and subsequent search of the Grayson residence, law enforcement recovered a rifle, seized the keys to Miles's rental vehicle, and confiscated over 1,000 grams of suspected fentanyl and cutting agents that Miles had just delivered.
This successful prosecution was made possible through the outstanding inter-agency cooperation of several law enforcement bodies across state lines. The Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, Scioto County extends its sincere gratitude to:
• The Ohio State Highway Patrol and District 9 Criminal Patrol, with special recognition to Trooper Lewis for his exemplary interdiction work.
• The Southern Ohio Drug Task Force.
• The Portsmouth Police Department.
• The Scioto County Sheriff’s Office.
• The Carter County Sheriff's Office (Kentucky).
• The Grayson Police Department (Kentucky).
• The Raceland Police Department (Kentucky).
• The Kentucky State Police.
• The Indiana State Police.
• The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Task Forces.
The 30- to 35.5-year prison sentence is one of the most significant imposed in Scioto County history and removes a high-level drug trafficker from the streets. The minimum, mandatory sentence if convicted at trial would have been 42 years. It marks the third major drug trafficking sentence secured by the Scioto County Prosecutor’s Office in as many weeks and sends an unmistakable message that interstate drug trafficking organizations will be systematically investigated, dismantled and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law in Scioto County.