After a multi-year federal investigation, a 38-year-old man has been sentenced to prison for his role as the leader of a drug trafficking organization (DTO) that distributed deadly controlled substances throughout Northeast Ohio.
Jerone Tate, 38, of Westlake, Ohio, was sentenced to 292 months in prison by U.S. District Judge John R. Adams after pleading guilty in July of 2025 to the following offenses:
Conspiracy to Distribute and Possession with Intent to Distribute Controlled Substances (fentanyl and cocaine)
- Distribution of a Controlled Substance (cocaine)
- Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance (fentanyl)
- Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance (cocaine)
Tate was also ordered to serve five years of supervised release after imprisonment…