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IRONTON â A South Point area man was sentenced Wednesday in Lawrence County Common Pleas Court to three years in prison after he pleaded guilty to four counts of trafficking in meth in the vicinity of a school. Dana Frye, 43, of County Road 18, South Point, was sentenced in the case by Judge Andy Ballard. He was given credit for 142 days already spent in jail toward the sentence. A felony drug possession charge was dismissed as part of a plea agreement. The case has been set for trial May 27. In an unrelated case, Donald Malone, 32, was convicted earlier this week on a charge of possession of drugs. It was the first trial held in common pleas court in more than a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ....
IRONTON â Bond was set at $200,000 last week in a drug case against a Dayton, Ohio, woman, according to court records. Jessica D. Ruggles, 37, of Dayton, pleaded not guilty to trafficking and possession of 854 grams of fentanyl. She was arrested at the U.S. and Mexico border and brought back to face charges in Ironton, according to a criminal complaint in the case. In an unrelated case, a Huntington couple pleaded guilty to an amended charge of burglary and were placed on community control sanctions for four years. Jennifer Sheppard, 39, and Ralph Shoemaker, 42, both of the 300 block of West 9th Street, Huntington, pleaded guilty to lesser charges. Both were ordered to complete drug treatment programs and do 400 hours of community service and pay court costs. ....
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