A Nelsonville man was sentenced to six years in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to several felony charges involving drug manufacturing and the theft of a neighbor's safe.
Tylor Woodrum, 23, pleaded guilty before Athens County Common Pleas Court Judge L. Alan Goldsberry to three cases after one May incident and two others in July.
One indictment includes one count of trespass in habitation, one count of safecracking and one count of illegal assembly or possession of chemicals for the manufacture of drugs. The second and third each include one count of illegal assembly or possession of chemicals for the manufacture of drugs.
All of Woodrum’s charges are of the second- to fourth-degree, according to the Ohio Revised Code.
According to Athens County Prosecutor Keller Blackburn, the drugs Woodrum pleaded guilty to manufacturing appeared to be methamphetamine.
“In May, Woodrum stole a safe from a neighbor’s house and was attempting to break it open when the Nelsonville police were called,” Blackburn said in a news release. “When the police arrived, they found the keys to the safe in Woodrum’s possession and a book bag containing chemicals commonly used in manufacturing methamphetamine.”
On July 25, Woodrum was stopped at an Athens Speedway by a city police officer during a traffic stop, during which the officer found ingredients used in meth.
The next day, police executed a search warrant at Woodrum’s Ten Spot Road residence and again found in a backpack several tools and chemicals commonly used in manufacturing methamphetamine.
According to the release, officers of the Nelsonville Police Department, Athens Police Department and Athens County Sheriff Pat Kelly’s office investigated Woodrum’s case.
He has yet to be checked into a state prison as of press time, according to Ohio Correctional Institution documents.
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