A Xenia Twp. man found guilty of operating a methamphetamine lab in a Greene County home was sentenced today to five years in prison.

A Common Pleas jury deliberated for about two hours Tuesday before returning the verdict in the case against Noel Mangan just after 6 p.m.

Mangan was found guilty on all charges Tuesday.

The trial on charges that involved manufacturing of and trafficking in methamphetamines began Monday.

County Assistant Prosecutor Cheri Stout said Mangan was convicted on three counts of aggravated drug trafficking, one count of illegal manufacture of methamphetamine, two counts of illegal assembly of chemicals, and single counts of possession of criminal tools.

“We had video of him selling meth to undercover officers as well as manufacturing what he sold.”

Mangan, of 1313 E. Hoop Road, was arrested March 27 after an investigation led officials there. They confirmed at trial that undercover officers purchased methamphetamine from the suspect at the residence.

This case wasn’t Mangan’s first visit to the courthouse.

In 2008, he was arrested after his probation officer discovered a possible meth lab in the garage at the same residence on East Hoop Road. A jury found him not guilty in that case, Bruce May of ACE Task Force said in March.

May said the current investigation had been going for several months and was launched based upon numerous complaints regarding the number of visitors in and out of the residence.

The suspect is a known drug abuser and dealer, according to May, and has been arrested multiple times on charges that include violating a protection order, domestic violence and drug abuse.

“We have bought several hundred dollars worth from this location,” May said of Mangan’s residence.