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Thursday, March 25, 2010
Darke County heroin conspirator sentenced to prison
DAYTON — The final conspirator of a Darke County heroin ring was sentenced to six years in federal prison Thursday, March 25.
U.S. District Senior Judge Walter H. Rice sentenced Patrick Antwan Matthews to 60 months in prison on one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime. His one-year sentence on a single count of conspiracy to distribute heroin will be served consecutively.
Matthews, 25, of Dayton, pleaded guilty to the charges Nov. 10. His two co-defendants, a Greenville couple, have already pleaded guilty to the same charges. Aaron James Miracle, 21, was sentenced Dec. 18 to two consecutive prison terms of 60 months each, for a total of 120 months. Miracle’s wife, Melissa Marie Yagle-Miracle, 24, was sentenced on March 18, to 120 months imprisonment.
The conspiracy, which occurred between October 2008 and February 2009, became the subject of a Darke County Drug Task Force (DCDTF) investigation. During the investigation, DCDTF, on eleven occasions, purchased heroin from one or more of the conspirators at the Miracles’ residence at 1337 N. Chippewa Drive, Greenville, according to the statement of facts filed in court.
The trio purchased heroin from a supply source in Dayton and sold about 150 grams of the heroin to various customers who came to the Chippewa Drive address. On February 20, 2009, law enforcement investigators executed a search warrant at the Greenville residence. They discovered heroin and numerous firearms, including a Smith and Wesson .40-caliber handgun which was possessed and used in furtherance of the drug trafficking conspiracy, according to the statement of facts.
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Abbey Credit Union robbery suspect pleads guilty to felony charges, admits to other crimes
DAYTON — A suspect in the December robbery at Abbey Credit Union in Vandalia pleaded guilty Thursday, March 25, to two felony counts: one count of armed credit union robbery and one count of brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.
Chukwuemeka O. Eziolisa, 25, of Trotwood, appeared before U.S. District Magistrate Judge Michael R. Merz. He will be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Thomas M. Rose on June 18.
Eziolisa entered Abbey Credit Union on Falls Church Drive on December 19 wearing black clothing, black gloves, and a black ski mask. Eziolisa brandished a .380 Bryco Jennings handgun and demanded money from credit union employees, fleeing with cash, according to the statement of facts filed in court.
Officers later seized the loaded firearm at Eziolisa’s residence during the execution of a search warrant.
As part of his plea, Eziolisa admitted committing additional crimes, including an attempted robbery of the DayMet Credit Union, 4988 Wagner Ford Road, on December 4 and a related abduction attempt, according to Carter M. Stewart, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio.
Eziolisa sat in the parking lot of the DayMet, waiting for the credit union to close, then followed the credit union manager as she drove away in her car. When she stopped at a restaurant on her way home, Eziolisa pulled up next to her car, pointed a firearm at her, and told her to get back in the car. His intention was to take her back to the credit union so that he could rob it, Stewart said.
The manager thwarted the attempted abduction by yelling, fleeing to a neighboring business and obtaining help, while Eziolisa fled the scene.
Eziolisa also admitted to robbing the Check Into Cash, 6202 Brandt Pike, Huber Heights on December 5. He donned a black ski mask, brandished a firearm, and demanded money from an employee, again fleeing with cash, Stewart said.
Eziolisa has been in custody since his Dec. 29 arrest. He faces up to 25 years in prison on the armed credit union robbery charge and a consecutive term of at least seven years up to life imprisonment for brandishing the firearm during and in relation to the robbery.
Both counts carry additional penalties including a fine of up to a $250,000 and up to five years of probation on each count. He also faces additional non-binding federal sentencing guidelines enhancements for the additional robbery and attempted abduction and robbery.
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Second child endangering conviction returns man to prison
DAYTON — A Huber Heights man who served a prison term for shaking and injuring his infant son was sentenced to 18 months in prison last week on a new child endangering conviction.
Jeremiah Gaddis, 25, was convicted of the new charge, which involves a different child, on Feb. 22 after a trial. Gaddis was acquitted of a second child endangering charge. He appeared before Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge A.J. Wagner on Thursday, March 25 for sentencing.
Wagner sentenced Gaddis to the maximum prison sentence for a fourth-degree felony.
Huber Heights police arrested Gaddis at his home, 8311 Mt. Carmel St., on May 27, the same he was indicted on both counts.
Gaddis was paroled Oct. 15, 2008 according to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.
That conviction, in Butler County Common Pleas Court, was for attempted child endangering. Gaddis, who then lived in Fairfield, was accused of shaking and injuring his infant son while at the child’s mother’s Middletown home.
Ethan Gaddis was 5 months old in October 2006 when an ambulance brought him to Middletown Regional Hospital’s emergency room. The boy was suffering from a head injury.
Gaddis told police he was watching the boy at the mother’s residence when the boy fell off the couch. The mother was not home at the time, police said.
After the baby was transported to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, investigators learned that the boy’s injuries and Gaddis’ story didn’t match up. Doctors said the baby was suffering from bleeding on the brain, and that the injury could not have been caused by a fall from the couch, police said.
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