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Frazeysburg man sentenced to 11 years in prison for drug trafficking

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| Zanesville Times Recorder

ZANESVILLE – A Frazeysburg man faces prison time for trafficking more than two pounds of methamphetamine and other drugs.

Skyler D. Worline, 29, was recently sentenced by Judge Kelly Cottrill in Muskingum County Court. Worline was charged with 31 drug-related counts in May.

On July 8, Worline pleaded guilty to three counts in exchange for the dismissal of the other charges, according to court documents. They were three counts of aggravated drug trafficking, first-degree felonies, involving methamphetamine. Two of the counts included the conditions of aggravated drug offenses. One of the counts included a forfeiture of a 2003 Saturn and $266 in cash, and another included a forfeiture of $6,900 in cash.

Worline received the minimum sentence of 11 years in prison. The maximum sentence would have been 38.5 years. The Muskingum County District Attorney's Office argued for a minimum sentence of 20 years.

Worline was stopped by Frazeysburg police officers on April 29 for speeding. He told officers he was on his way to Columbus. During the stop, an officer noticed a can of butane, which is used to make methamphetamine, on the floor of the vehicle. Backup was called and the vehicle was searched, according to a news release from the Muskingum County District Attorney's Office.

During the search, a police dog detected drugs in the car. A meth pipe, wrapped syringes and needles were found. Worline admitted that there was almost a pound of methamphetamine in the car in a backpack on the back seat. Seized were 1.2 kilograms of methamphetamine, 119 grams of powder cocaine, 27 grams of crack cocaine and 18 grams of unknown pills.

Worline was arrested and taken to jail, where he confessed to his plan to drive to Columbus and sell the drugs, according to the press release. A search of his residence in Frazeysburg turned up materials for making crack cocaine, various drug paraphernalia and bags full of money.

Local investigators led by the Central Ohio Drug Enforcement Task Force in Licking County linked Worline's case to investigations in New Albany and Dublin, where he had been caught with similar amounts of drugs. All three cases were part of a single pattern of corrupt activity and were previously charged in Muskingum County.

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