Two counts residents were sentenced to state prison on drug-related charges during sentence court proceedings on Friday.

Ashley R. Vickery, 36, Warren, and Donnie L. Edwards, 46, Sheffield were sentenced by President Judge Maureen Skerda.

Vickery and Jonathan E. Crowell, 50, Meadville, were charged in June 2021 for allegedly selling methamphetamine out of a Mead Township hotel.

According to Warren County detectives, “We got information that there were two individuals selling methamphetamine out of the Budget Lodge. They were staying in rooms there.”

After investigating, officers of the Warren County Drug Task Force secured search warrants — two for the hotel and one for an involved vehicle. Officers reported finding about 4 ounces of methamphetamine, assorted drug paraphernalia, and cash.

In March, Pennsylvania State Police charged Crowell and Vickery with several drug-related offenses after a joint investigation with the Warren County Drug Task Force.

According to the affidavit in that case, about 2.5 pounds of methamphetamine were recovered from rooms rented by Crowell at Quality Inn.

Crowell pleaded guilty and was sentenced earlier this year.

Vickery’s counsel, Rob Kinnear, said this “case runs into my client’s addiction,” speculating that the situation wouldn’t have happened without it and who that brought her into contact with.

First Assistant District Attorney Cody Brown called Vickery’s conduct akin to bringing a “drug of poison to our community.”

Vickery apologized to the court and said she is taking responsibility for her actions.

Skerda noted that she has a minimal prior record but criticized Vickery for not only being addicted but being “hooked enough to get other people to use.”

The “court takes a dim view of” the possession of two pounds of methamphetamine.

In the case against Edwards, his attorney, Assistant Public Defender Francis Waweru told the court his client has a “long-standing drug problem” that is “reflected in his criminal record.”

He said his client is “very serious” about addressing his addiction.

Skerda told Edwards he had the “benefit of treatment court,” was not successful and “continued to sell” methamphetamine.

Vickery was sentenced to 60 to 120 months incarceration, $3,150 in fines and fees, submission of a DNA sample and priority for drug and alcohol treatment in state prison on a count of conspiracy to commit possession with intent to deliver. She was given credit for 471 days time served and sentenced to an additional one month to six months incarceration and $100 in fees on a count of criminal use of a communications facility.

At a second docket, she was sentenced to 42 to 84 months incarceration and $1,025 in fines and fees on a count of conspiracy to commit possession with intent to deliver.

Edwards was sentenced to 36 to 84 months on charges of possession with intent to deliver and criminal use of a communications facility in addition to $400 in restitution to the Warren County Drug Task Force, $5,675 in fines and fees, submission of a DNA sample and priority for drug and alcohol treatment in the state system. He was given credit for 144 days time served.