Press Release

​Judge Kevin P. Braig of the Logan County Court of Common Pleas today sentenced Gary A. Doseck to 14 to 18 years in prison on two counts of illegal manufacture of drugs, felonies of the second degree, and two counts of trafficking in cocaine.
 
The Court found that the offenses of illegal manufacture of drugs and trafficking in cocaine were committed as part of organized crime. Chapter 177 of the Ohio Revised Code governing investigation and prosecution of organized crime defines organized criminal activity to include any violation of the prohibition on drug trafficking. In addition, the facts and information contained in the pre-sentence investigation report clearly demonstrated Doseck was involved in organized crime when he manufactured illegal drugs, including crack cocaine.
 
“This is a business,” Judge Braig said in response to Doseck’s claim that he only sold drugs to obtain drugs for his own use. “People go into this business to make money. That is what happened here.”
 
Logan County Prosecutor Nathan Yohey represented the State of Ohio and recommended a full maximum sentence of 18 to 22 years in prison. Defense counsel Katherin Memsic of Columbus recommended a sentence of less than 10 years.