Fake drugs leads to real time
By Jane Beathard
Cortney J. Freeman
The heroin was fake, but the prison time it earned is real.
Cortney J. Freeman, 20, of South Solon, was sentenced on Friday to 15 months behind bars for selling drugs to an undercover police informant in May 2012.
Freeman pleaded guilty in Madison County Common Pleas Court in November to selling the painkiller Percocet on May 16 and heroin on May 30. Both transactions took place in the parking lots of West Jefferson businesses.
Five of six heroin balls she delivered on May 30 turned out to be melted rubber in an apparent attempt to scam the informant out of cash. However, a sixth contained the drug, assistant county prosecutor Eamon Costello said.
Ohio law recognizes no difference between selling fake and real illicit drugs.
A pre-sentence investigation showed Freeman began using illegal drugs at age 12. At one point, she earned $1,000 per night as an exotic dancer to support her addiction, Judge Robert D. Nichols said.
Freeman was arrested in September as part of a “sweep” of local dealers by the local drug task force.
She was free on bond in January when she allegedly participated in a theft of guns from a London resident. She was jailed, but has not been charged in that incident.
Also on Friday, Courtney A. Coy, 30, was sentenced to two years of community control for stealing jewelry and cash from a family member between July 11 and Aug. 3, 2012.
Coy’s husband, Bruce Coy, 36, was a co-defendant in the case. He is currently serving a community control sentence.
Nichols also ordered the woman and her husband to make $1,900 in restitution to the victim.
Coy pleaded guilty to the fifth-degree felony in November. A pre-sentence investigation showed she pawned the stolen jewelry to support the couple’s opiate habits.
On Friday, Coy told Nichols she is now drug free and separated from her husband.
She should of Claimed the Mexicans made her do it and then she would of been deported back to south solan oh Yea does she also get a big Bac meal I bet not where is Semler when you need him Right Courtney
To No wonder – I beleive you may have missed the following statement from the article …”Five of six heroin balls she delivered on May 30 turned out to be melted rubber in an apparent attempt to scam the informant out of cash. However, **a sixth contained the drug,**”…This was most likely not her first time selling and nor would it have been her last. Please give credit where credit is due. Additionally – her arrest may just have saved her life – whether it be from being killed by the next angry person she ripped off…or death by her own hand when she overdoses and possible dies in the future…sometimes its the small victory that needs to be celebrated – because it will hopfully lead to bigger ones in the future
I’m not surprised that multiple drug deals have taken place in West Jeff. The police seem to look the other way to any wrong doing going on and that’s when they aren’t just sitting at the station or all out to lunch at the same time. Atleast there is one less pos on the street.
No wonder Ohio has such a drug problem. When they will punish fake drug sales because the Undercover cops are too stupid to recognize them.