Akron man sent to prison in meth case

Akron man sent to prison in meth case

STAFF REPORT

YOUNGSTOWN — A man charged with cooking methamphetamine in the bathtub of a North Lima motel room has been sentenced to 21‚Ñ2 years in prison.

Judge John M. Durkin of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court imposed the sentence Thursday on Jeffrey Guilliams, 36, of Akron, for his meth lab activities at the Liberty Inn, 10650 Market St., last October.

The judge imposed the prison time immediately after Guilliams pleaded guilty to illegal manufacture of drugs and possession of chemicals for the manufacture of drugs.

A co-defendant, Jerry Leggett, 37, of Barberton, received a five-year prison sentence from Judge Lou A. D’Apolito of the same court in December after he pleaded guilty to illegal manufacture of drugs.

Both men’s prison terms will run concurrently with sentences imposed on them for crimes they committed in Summit County.

The North Lima case was investigated by Beaver Township police. A cleanup team from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration recovered chemicals from the motel room.