Wilmington man gets 8 years in Highland County Task Force case
A Wilmington man was sentenced recently to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to drug trafficking charges in connection with a Highland County Task Force case.
Stanley Lamb, 43, was indicted by a Highland County grand jury in March 2025. His indictment remained sealed, or secret, until his arrest in September. Charges in the indictment included three counts of aggravated trafficking in methamphetamine, one second-degree and two third-degree felonies; two counts of aggravated trafficking in methamphetamine in the vicinity of a school zone, both second-degree felonies; and one count of aggravated possession of methamphetamine, also a second-degree felony.
According to court records, Lamb pleaded guilty Dec. 2 to one of the aggravated trafficking in the vicinity of a school zone counts, plus one second-degree and one third-degree count of aggravated trafficking.
For those charges, it is alleged that on Nov. 12, 2024, Lamb “did knowingly sell or offer to sell methamphetamine in an amount that equals or exceeds five times the bulk amount but is less than 50 times the bulk amount.” On or about June 12, 2024 and June 18, 2024, Lamb is accused of knowingly selling or offering to sell meth in an amount equal to or exceeding bulk amount but less than five times bulk amount, with the June 12 incident allegedly occurring within the vicinity of a school zone.
The other three counts were dismissed.
At a sentencing hearing Jan. 7, Highland County Common Pleas Court Judge Rocky Coss sentenced Lamb to three years on each second-degree felony count and 24 months on the third-degree felony charge to run consecutively, for a total minimum sentence of eight years. Under the Reagan Tokes Law, Lamb could serve up to nine and a half years in prison. He had 25 days of jail time credit.
In addition to his prison sentence, Lamb was ordered to pay $346 in restitution to the Highland County Task Force alone and $303 joint and several with an alleged co-defendant.
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