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Woman sentenced for sneaking drugs into jail

A Newark woman was sentenced on Tuesday to 35 months in prison for failing to appear for her final pre-trial and bringing heroin into the Washington County Jail.

Molly B. Silverwood, 29, of 442 Mt. Vernon Road, was sentenced in Washington County Common Pleas Court for one count of failure to appear, a fourth-degree felony, and one count of illegal conveyance of weapons or drugs, a third-degree felony.

According to Washington County Assistant Prosecutor Jeremy Wolfe, her sentence would not have been as long if she had cooperated.

“She wouldn’t have been in that much trouble had she not failed to appear and tried to sneak drugs into the jail,” he said.

Initially, Silverwood was a part of a drug bust with Deandre A. White, 43, of 2684 Glenbriar St., Columbus, and Shaquille C. Moultry, 23, of 4702 Carahan Road, Columbus, who were all indicted on multiple drug trafficking and possession charges in March.

In July 2015, White, Silverwood and Moultry were found inside a vehicle with 40 grams of heroin and six grams of meth, $2,621, digital scales, meth and heroin residue and plastic baggies for drug sales.

Moulty and White have both pleaded guilty. Moulty’s sentencing has been scheduled for Dec. 15 at 8:30 a.m. and the date has yet to be scheduled for White’s sentencing.

During the case, Silverwood missed a final pre-trial and attempted to sneak drugs into the jail, said Wolfe.

“She was arrested out of this county on another case,” said Wolfe. “She brought the drugs in to keep from withdrawing.”

During the sentencing, Wolfe and Defense Attorney Jack Blakeslee discussed the agreed disposition with the court.

“For count one failure to appear, the state would recommend 17 months and for count three, illegal conveyance of drugs, we agreed to 18 months, which would run consecutive,” said Blakeslee. “There was some talk that the state would file for my client’s judicial release; after 180 days, she would be eligible for judicial release.”

Washington County Common Pleas Judge Ed Lane said he couldn’t promise anything either way because he would no longer be judge at that time.

Silverwood declined to comment during the sentencing.

Due to Silverwood’s record, she is not eligible for concurrent sentences, thus her total sentence is 35 months in prison.

She faced a maximum sentence of four and a half years in prison and was credited with approximately six months of time already served, reducing her remaining sentence to about 29 months.

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