West Side man sentenced to prison on drug-trafficking, money-laundering charges

YOUNGSTOWN — A West Side man has been sent to prison for three years after he pleaded guilty as charged to three counts of trafficking in the painkiller Oxycontin and one count of money laundering.

Judge R. Scott Krichbaum of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court imposed the sentence today on Gregory L. Zebosky, 57, of North Osborn Avenue, who apologized in court for his actions.

Zebosky also will forfeit $67,708, a pickup truck and two motorcycles. The motorcycles and truck will go to the Mahoning Valley Law Enforcement Task Force and the cash will be divided among the task force, the county prosecutor’s office and fees for Zebosky’s lawyer, John Dixon.

Zebosky served previous prison time for robbery, said Martin P. Desmond, assistant county prosecutor.

The task force will likely auction off the 2005 and 2009 Harley Davidson motorcycles, but it can make use of the 2006 Ford truck, Desmond said.

Had Zebosky received maximum consecutive sentences on all charges, he could have gone to prison for 161⁄2 years and been fined $35,000.

Zebosky told the judge he was laid off from his job because of the recession and sold some of the Oxycontin pills that had been prescribed for him last October and November so he could pay his bills.