UPDATE: Two people were sentenced this morning in Indiana County Court. One of them was a woman who was picked up as part of a drug sweep by State Police.
47-year-old Christie Lee Ray of New Florence was sentenced to three years of probation for a guilty plea to possessing a precursor substance and to six months for a count for possession of ephedrine. She was picked up as part of a methamphetamine roundup last May along with 13 other people. She had pleaded guilty to both of those charges.
Also, Trent Noble Mator of Hyde Park, Westmoreland County was sentenced today for a charge of possession with intent to manufacture or deliver. On top of fines and court costs, he was ordered to serve two years of probation.
WHAT WE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED
In Indiana County Court today, a number of defendants are scheduled to be sentenced, including two who were part of the state police “Operation One-Pot” methamphetamine roundup last May.
47-year-old Christie Lee Ray of New Florence, pleaded guilty to felony possession with intent to manufacture and to misdemeanor knowingly possessing ephedrine.
52-year-old Charles Waddell Jr. of Armagh, who was also part of the Operation One-Pot roundup, pleaded guilty to a felony charge of possession with intent to unlawfully manufacture.
In all, fourteen people were arrested in the drug sweep in Indiana County as well as Seward, Vintondale, and New Florence.
Also on the sentencing schedule today is 27-year-old Zachary Davis of Graceton, who pleaded guilty in two cases. In the first case, he admitted guilt to felony possession with intent to manufacture or deliver. The other case involved charges of misdemeanor possession and summary operating a vehicle with unsafe equipment. His docket sheet does not say how he pled in that case.
22-year-old Trent Nobel Mator of Hyde Park, Westmoreland County, will be sentenced for possession with intent to manufacture or deliver.
There is one other case on the schedule today. It’s a post-sentence motion filed by 26-year-old Joshua Tyler Shepherd of Indiana. In August, a jury found Shepherd guilty of strangulation, terroristic threats, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, and harassment for a domestic violence incident last November at a home on North 6th Street in Indiana. Shepherd was sentenced to terms of a year less a day to two years less a day, as well as three concurrent terms of one month to two years less a day.
