Boardman man gets prison time for selling drugs in drive-through style

YOUNGSTOWN — A Boardman man who prosecutors say treated his illegal home drug operation like a fast-food facility will be spending the next several years in prison.

Archie Stanford Jr., 23, of Moyer Avenue, appeared for sentencing today before Judge James Evans of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court. Stanford received a total of three years in prison and ordered to pay fines totaling $12,500.

Stanford’s driver's license also was suspended for five years.

Stanford, in 2009, was indicted on three felony counts of trafficking in cocaine. The indictment says Stanford made the drug transactions within 1,000 feet of a school.

He was facing more than 14 years in prison had he received the maximum sentence on each of the three charges.

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