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Ron Richter
A man who helped negotiate a drug deal that led to the overdose death of an individual, changed his plea in District Court in Sheridan Tuesday. Sheridan Media’s Ron Richter has the details.
In January of this year, 38-year-old Eric Macormic was arrested and charged with conspiracy to deliver a controlled substance – fentanyl. The investigation into the arrest determined that Macormic negotiated a drug deal and was the source of fentanyl pills that led to the overdose death of 40-year-old Nicholas Krueger of Sheridan. Macormic, at a hearing in Fourth Judicial District Court Tuesday, pleaded guilty to the conspiracy charge.
The plea agreement reached with the State recommends a prison sentence of 5 to 8 years and is a non binding plea agreement, which means the Court can reject the plea deal altogether at sentencing. The defendant can argue for a lesser sentence at the hearing.
District Court Judge Darci Phillips ordered that a presentence investigation be completed and scheduled the sentencing hearing for July 25 at 9:45 am. Macormic’s bond was revoked and he was remanded to the custody of the Sheridan County Detention Center pending sentencing.
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A sentencing hearing was held for 54-year-old Mark Anthony of Gillette. Anthony and a co-defendant, Nicole Goodman of Fresno, California, were arrested September 29, 2022 for burglarizing a number of construction trailers, a storage unit, and the Hidden Bridge Golf Course in Sheridan. Anthony was also charged with felony possession of a controlled substance – methamphetamine.
District Court Judge Darci Phillips at Tuesday’s hearing, accepted the plea agreement reached with the State and sentenced Anthony to 5 to 6 years in prison for each of four counts of burglary, which will run concurrent to one another and 4 to 6 years for felony drug possession, which will run consecutive to the sentence for burglary. In total, Anthony will serve 9 to 12 years in prison. Judge Phillips also ordered Anthony to pay $1,175 in various court costs and fees.