Lorain/Elyria, OH
Man avoids prison in drug trafficking case
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ELYRIA — A Wakeman man avoided prison Monday during his sentencing hearing on drug trafficking and other charges.
Jack Ecker, 49, was sentenced to three years of probation. He pleaded guilty in November to drug trafficking, possession of drugs, possession of criminal tools, possession of drug paraphernalia and carrying a concealed weapon.
Police have said that Ecker was part of a large-scale drug distribution network throughout Greater Cleveland that was broken up in late 2008.
Among those charged in the case is Olga Velez, a county judge’s former secretary.
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This is just “paving the way” for a former county court employee to get off easy…
This guy had 4 felonies against him and walked…
Someone needs to move a drug dealer in next to Zaleski’s house and see how he likes it.
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Can yall smell a snitch?
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Why dont you get your facts straight before publishing this. He didnt get in trouble for drug trafficing.. If your gonna get the facts read the docks from the court.
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And Tazz.. if he was a snitch he would have got nothing. People who rely on the newspaper to get facts need to wake up to the real world. They print what the want to you know not the truth.
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LEAP, [Law Enforcement Against Prohibition]. Under our nations drug policies the dealers are in control. Ending prohibition and beginning a system of regulation and taxation takes away the criminals power. Drugs are somewhat out of control and they are everywhere. If they were managed in the way alcohol is managed they would be under control.
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Instead of criminals getting richer, violence escalating, and drug related deaths on the rise, we would live under a system of established pricing, peaceful purchase, and a regulated system. Prohibition is a false sense of control for the government. Would there still be cases of overdose and addiction?. Yes. Those are problems now but a system of regulation would only decrease those instances. LEAP makes sensible arguments based on experience of ex narcotic officers, cops, judges, not to mention people like Walter Cronkite, George Shultz, Alexander Haig, William F. Buckley, Ron Paul, Milton Friedman and many more. Our drug policies actually create the same problems they purport to fight against and even make them worse, especially crimes born out ot the black market prohibition creates. Raven read up on LEAP’s site and if you wish I would love nothing more than an intelligent conversation about this topic.
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