2 get prison in separate heroin cases
YOUNGSTOWN
Two men received prison sentences Tuesday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court for trafficking in heroin.
Luis Laviena, 26, who has addresses on Bruce Street and Selma Avenue listed in court records, received a two-year sentence from Judge Maureen Sweeney after he pleaded guilty Tuesday to eight counts of trafficking in heroin.
Five of the counts were fourth degree felonies, while two were third degree felonies and the remainder was a second degree felony.
Laviena pleaded guilty to selling heroin from a home on North Garland Avenue earlier this year.
Assistant Prosecutor Michael Yacovone said the sentence was agreed upon by him and defense counsel Tony Meranto. Yacovone said the agreement calls for the entire two years to be served.
Meranto asked Judge Sweeney to honor the plea agreement, saying that his client has no prior criminal record, and because of his young age. Laviena also asked the judge to honor the agreement, saying he has never been in trouble before and does not want to be again.
“I apologize for everything I’ve done,” Laviena said. “I’ve learned my lesson. You won’t see me here again.”
Also sentenced to a year in prison by Judge R. Scott Krichbaum was Tony Davis, 34, of East Warren Avenue, who pleaded guilty to two fourth-degree felony counts of trafficking in heroin.