(PRESS RELEASE) Edgerton, OH – Peter Moses, a key figure in the local drug trade, has pleaded guilty to five serious drug charges, including first and second-degree felonies trafficking offenses.
His plea encompasses three counts of Aggravated Trafficking in Drugs (second-degree felonies), one count of Possession of Cocaine (a first degree felony), and one count of Aggravated Trafficking in Methamphetamine with a Major Drug Offender classification (also a first-degree felony).
During a recent search of Moses’ property in Edgerton, Ohio, the Multi-Area Narcotics Task Force found over 500 grams of methamphetamine and more than 30 grams of cocaine from a backpack in which carried his drugs.
The Major Drug Offender classification reflects the large quantity of drugs found in Moses’ possession, underscoring the severity of his criminal activity.
Following his guilty pleas, Moses was sentenced to an aggregate mandatory prison term of at least 13 years, which could be extended by the prison up to 19½ years.
His sentencing includes:
-11 years for the first-degree Aggravated Trafficking in Drugs with a Major Drug Offender classification, to run concurrently with a 3-year mandatory sentence for the Possession of Cocaine.
-2 years for each of the three second-degree Aggravated Trafficking in Drugs charges, to run concurrently with each other but consecutively with the 11-year sentence.
In addition to his prison sentence, Moses will forfeit $1,270 in cash seized during the investigation and reimburse the State of Ohio $1,900 used in undercover drug purchases from Moses that were completed before the search on his residence.
“This case represents a significant victory in our efforts to combat drug trafficking and improve community safety,” said Emil G. Gravelle III, Assistant Prosecutor of the Williams County Prosecutor’s Office. “The diligent work of the MAN-Unit was instrumental in bringing Peter Moses to justice, and the positive impact on our community is already evident.”
The investigation and subsequent legal action against Moses were the result of months of intensive work by the MAN-Unit, with assistance from the Edgerton Police Department and the Williams County Sheriff’s Office.
The successful resolution of this case highlights the ongoing commitment to removing major drug traffickers from the streets of Williams County.
Williams County Prosecutor Katie Zartman commended the officers. “The work of the MAN-Unit in bringing the offenders involved in this case to justice cannot be praised enough.”
“They put in extensive work to root out this major drug offender who was supplying drugs to our area, made significant efforts to obtain the evidence to prove his criminal actions, and then presented an airtight evidentiary case, all in an attempt to help our community and our citizens be safer from the drugs that are destroying lives and killing people.”
We all owe the MAN-Unit a debt of gratitude on this case and all of their work.”
