Detroit man gets more than 6 years for part in Warren drug ring

WARREN

One of the men investigators say was a component of a drug ring in Warren was sentenced Tuesday to more than six years in prison.

Valentino Thomas Sr., 42, of Detroit, was given a sentence of 77 months by Judge Donald C. Nugent of the U.S. Northern District Court of Ohio in Cleveland.

He had entered a guilty plea in May to a charge of conspiracy with intent to distribute, and to distribute heroin, cocaine and cocaine base.

Thomas was one of 55 people indicted on drugs and weapons charges in federal court in April 2013 in an investigation dubbed “Little D’Town,” because of the connections between drug dealers from Detroit and Warren.

An additional 42 people in the case were charged in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court.

The indictments capped a yearlong investigation by several federal, state and local law enforcement agencies.

Read more about the drug operation in Wednesday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.