A pair of accused cocaine dealers pleaded guilty to felonies in Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Court this month.
27-year-old Cullen Brogan of Dover was initially indicted in January on five counts, including a first-degree felony possession of cocaine charge. Tuscarawas County Sheriff Detective and LEAD Drug Task Force Commander Cole Morris said a sting operation caught Brogan selling drugs within 1,000 feet of Dover Avenue Elementary School.
Supreme Court appointed Judge Edward O’Farrell this week approved a settlement agreement that reduced the first-degree felony charge and removed any mandatory prison sentence. The potential sentences on the five reduced charges range from six to 36 months. Those charges include third- and fourth-degree felony trafficking and possession of cocaine charges.
Meanwhile, 38-year-old Roberto Rodriquez of Canton reached a plea agreement earlier this month in Judge Michael Ernest’s courtroom.
The first-degree felony counts of possession of cocaine and trafficking in cocaine against him were not reduced, and he faces mandatory prison sentences on both charges that could range from 3 to 16 and a half years in prison. Uhrichsville Police arrested Rodriquez in October after a traffic stop where they discovered drugs, cash, scales, cell phones and an illegally-possessed gun.
Both Brogan and Rodriguez are scheduled to be sentenced on July 28th.
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