Four Lancaster County drug dealers will serve state-prison sentences following recent hearings in County Court.
The four men all pleaded guilty to felony charges and were sentenced in recent days.
They are:
- Jeovanny Shultz, 24, will serve 7 to 14 years for possessing (with intent to deliver) heroin and methamphetamine, and for having a loaded, .22-caliber pistol which he was prohibited from possessing due to a prior felony burglary conviction.
Lancaster County Judge Jeffery D. Wright ordered sentence. Ephrata police filed charges.
- Thomas W. Baker, 47, will serve 5 to 10 years for possessing (with intent to deliver) heroin and for heroin sales made under police surveillance.
Lancaster County President Judge Dennis Reinaker ordered sentence. Lancaster city police Selective Enforcement Unit filed charges.
- Efrain Torres, 40, will serve 4 to 15 years for possessing (with intent to deliver) 21 grams of heroin and 100 additional baggies of heroin, as well as possessing a small quantity of marijuana.
Lancaster County Judge David Ashworth ordered sentence. Lancaster County Drug Task Force filed charges.
- Emmanuel Coleman, 37, will serve 2 to 5 years for possessing (with intent to deliver) cocaine, and possession of heroin and prescription pills.
Lancaster County Judge Donald Totaro ordered sentence. Lancaster city police Selective Enforcement Unit filed charges.
“We have four Lancaster County drug dealers - who sold a variety of illegal substances - going to state prison for considerable time,” Lancaster County District Attorney Craig Stedman said Tuesday. “We will not arrest our way out of the drug problem, but the predator dealers are businessmen and they need to know they will be held accountable and pay a price if they sell in Lancaster County.”
Assistant District Attorney Barry Goldman prosecuted the cases.
(Photo, from left: Shultz, Baker, Torres, Coleman.)
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