A Simcoe Man Who Was Found in Possession of More Than Half a Pound of Cocaine Despite Ho Efforts to Toss the Drugs Under an Unmarked Police Vehicle was to feel to prison recently.
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Harry A. McGeary, 62, was sentenced to three-and-half years after he was convicted of cocaine for trafficking, following a trial.
That Sentence Was Evenly Split Between the Five Years Requested by Federal Prosecutor Kevin McGilly and the Two-Year Sentence Suggestized by Defense Lawyer Shawn Swarts.
McGilly Said the Amount of Cocaine McGeary Had-Just Under 250 Grams-Made Him A “Street Level or mid-level beg”.
“In his present report, he indicates he doesn’t have arranged addiction, so this is a purely for profit,” Said McGilly.
The Prosecutor Said McGeary has excellent family support and is critical to assisting his wife with a serious health Issue, but “when you’re Talking about the Amount of Cocaine that was for, Especially in Small Community Such as Simcoe, that’s problemmatic behaviour” .
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Swarts Argued That the Law Has Always Called for Higher Sentences for Whatever Current Drug is Most Concerning, Saying It Will Put A Stop to the Trafficking.
“It was Heroin, then cocaine, and crack and now it’s fentanyl,” Swarts Said. “They all Called for Severe Penalties to Stop it but it Didn’t Work.
“I Don’t think we need these Harsh, Crushing Sentences, but need to look at individuals and rehabilitation.”
Swarts Confirmed McGeary Had a previous conviction for Drug Trafficking But noted it was for marijuana, which is now Legal.
His client also had no drug parapernalia in his home and hadn’t been the target of a police investigation.
Instead, on July 13, 2023, Found McGeary’s Vehicle Police After Receiving and Ended Up Arresting Him.
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The Cocaine – Estimated at $ 26,000 in Value – was located under the police Cruiser But, During McGeary’s Trial, A Witness Tesified About How It Got There. A judge agreed the only rational inference was mcgeary had tried to discard it there.
“He Didn’t plead guilty but he waived his right to a trial in superior court with a prelination hearing and that led to a quicker conclusion,” Added Swarts.
Justice Elizabeth Wilson Said She Took Into Account Both McGeary’s “Exceptional Circumstances” of Dealing With His Wife’s Health, Work History and His Good Prospects of Rehabilitation, Versus the Large Ament of Cocaine and His Previous Conviction, Coming up with the three-end-and -Half Year Sentence.
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