A Tidioute man was sentenced to five years in federal prison for his role in a regional methamphetamine distribution ring that was headquartered in Grand Valley.
Cody T. Greeley, 25, 209 Donaldson Lane was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Susan Paradise Baxter on Thursday afternoon to 60 months incarceration to be followed by three years of supervised release, according to federal court records.
The U.S. Department of Justice, in a sentencing memorandum filed last month, recommended a sentence range of 70 to 87 months as “appropriate in this case.” The memorandum provides additional details about how the drug trafficking organization operated.
“From mid-2018 through the early part of 2020, Carina Tucker, Gail Flick and Anthony Stufflebeam managed a drug distribution network primarily out of a residence known as ‘The Farm,’” the memo states, “that pumped a steady stream of methamphetamine from Ohio and Erie, Pennsylvania into Warren, Venango, Crawford and Forest counties.”
The case started with a local Warren County Drug Task Force investigation at “The Farm,” which is located at 530 Hunter School Road.
“During the height of the network’s activity,” prosecutors detail in the memo, “the members of the (drug trafficking organization) trafficked an estimated one hundred pounds or more of methamphetamine repackaged and distributed out to rural residences.”
Prosecutors say that Tucker and Glick “would typically have 6-9 ‘trustees’ who would ultimately be responsible for individual sales of methamphetamine to end users.”
Greeley “distributed methamphetamine on behalf of the organization” and confirmed that he worked for Tucker as a methamphetamine ‘runner.’”
The Department of Justice alleges that “many of the primary participants routinely trafficked in stolen firearms, offering guns with obliterated serial numbers at a premium.”
They also say “bomb-making and an explosive destructive device was recovered.”
Greeley entered his plea to a single count on Feb. 3. Flick pleaded guilty later that month and faces at least 15 years in prison, according to a plea document. Tucker’s case is still pending trial.
