Editor’s note: This story corrects the person in the case who entered the guilty plea. Terri May pleaded guilty to the charges. A co-defendant’s case is still pending in the court. We regret the error.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) — Two people entered guilty pleas Wednesday in federal court.
Terri May, of Youngstown, entered guilty pleas in the U.S. Northern District Court of Ohio to five charges, including conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin, fentanyl, cocaine and crack cocaine.
Ronald Falkowski, 51, of Berlin Center, pleaded guilty to a superseding indictment filed in February against him charging him with conspiracy to distribute cocaine, being a felon in possession of a firearm and use of a communication facility in furtherance of a drug crime.
Sentencing for both defendants is set for July 25 before Judge Benita Y. Pearson.
The two are among 14 charged in August for selling drugs in Youngstown and the surrounding area.
According to the indictment, undercover buys began Feb. 8, 2020, and continued until several search warrants were served Jan. 5, 2022.
The bill of information filed against Falkowski charges him with texting an unindicted co-conspirator Nov. 6, 2021, and Nov. 7, 2021, to arrange a sale of cocaine.
He was also accused of having a .12-gauge shotgun Sept. 7 despite past criminal convictions in federal court for selling court and similar charges in 2011 in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court of which he was convicted.
With Wednesday’s pleas, a total of four defendants have now entered guilty pleas in the case.