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LISBON -- In Common Pleas Court, Robert L. Gailey, 46, Hookstown, Pa., one of the Operation Big Oak defendants, stipulated to violating the terms of his intervention in lieu of conviction treatment plan, which was then dishonorably terminated. He was credited with 29 days served in jail and placed on three years of community control. Gailey had initially pleaded guilty to trafficking in heroin, trafficking in cocaine and three counts of aggravated trafficking in drugs for fentanyl and crack cocaine he was selling sometimes from his home in February, March, May and June of 2017.
Zachary R. Fraser, 22, Scotts Mill Road, Rogers, stipulated to violating the terms of his community control for a trafficking in drugs charge and a possession of drugs charge. His community control was dishonorably terminated and he was sentenced to 270 days in jail with credit for 199 days served. The charges were for having marijuana prepared for sale in five separately packaged bags, as well as several empty plastic bags and a set of digital scales in his vehicle during a search on Jan. 22, 2017. He was also found to have three tablets of temazepam at the time. In a separate case, Fraser was placed on three years community control for a possession of cocaine charge, for having the substance on Nov. 20, 2019.
Justin Knopp, 43, Church Street, New Waterford, pleaded guilty to a possession of drugs charge, a fifth-degree felony. Knopp requested immediate sentencing. He was sentenced to six months in the county jail with credit for 155 days already served. The charge was for having a metallic pipe containing cocaine on Dec. 22, 2004. A bench warrant had been issued for Knopp by former Judge C. Ashley Pike in 2005 after Knopp failed to appear for a pretrial hearing.