8/17/11 Loudonville man gets prison for trafficking charges

  • By Nick Sabo
  • August 17, 2011
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A Loudonville man was sentenced to prison Wednesday Aug. 17 on drug trafficking charges. Phillip A. Farley, 32, 3317 Township Road 629, was sentenced by Holmes County Common Pleas Judge Robert D. Rinfret to 18 months in prison on charges of trafficking in marijuana within the vicinity of a school, trafficking in cocaine within the vicinity of a school and trafficking in marijuana. The marijuana charges stem from April 8, when a confidential informant working with the Holmes County Sheriff’s office purchased marijuana from Farley. On April 11, Farley sold a substance he claimed was cocaine to a confidential informant. The substance turned out to be counterfeit. A co-defendant, Angela R. Smith, 33, 3317 Township Road 629, Loudonville, has pleaded to permitting drug abuse, a charge that stems from her being the driver in the April 11 sale. She is scheduled for sentencing Aug. 24. Farley has been in trouble with the law since at least 1998, having served multiple prison sentences for theft offenses. He was fist convicted of a felony drug offense in 2004. Farley’s attorney, John Johnson Jr., said he understood Farley’s prior record led Rinfret to a prison sentence for his client. Johnson asked for an alternative to prison, claiming the drug activity was “less serious than the things he’s done in the past”. Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Sean Warner said the offenses were serious, considering two of the drug sales occurred within 1,000 feet of a school. Rinfret said he may consider releasing Farley into a treatment program after he has served most of the prison sentence. “I will tell you this, I’ve found Stark Regional Community Corrections Center does some wonderful things,” Rinfret said. “I can’t make any promises (but) possibly (I will) send you to SRCCC toward the end of your sentence.” Rinfret further ordered Farley to pay back $300 used by the sheriff’s office to make the drug buys and suspended Farley’s driver’s license for five years.


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