A Russell man has been sentenced to nearly four years in state prison for the sale of methamphetamine.

Michael W. Brant, 46, was sentenced by Judge Gregory Hammond on Friday.

Sentence was handed down in the wake of an April jury trial.

The charges stemmed from a March 2022 incident when Warren County Drug Task Force agents made entry to the house at 6 Brenda Lane, Russell, shortly after 8:45 p.m.

After making entry, agents took Brant into custody and conducted a search of the premises. Investigators had received reports of methamphetamine sales from the residence and said the search was part of an ongoing investigation.

According to the affidavit of probable cause, agents found an open safe in the garage.

In the safe were “multiple items of paraphernalia, including two digital scales with a white, crystallized substance, several cut baggies containing a similar residue, and glass smoking pipes.”

Brant was found guilty and sentenced on a total of five charges — possession with intent to deliver, criminal use of a communications facility and three counts of possession of drug paraphernalia.

The total sentence on those charges includes 51 to 102 months of incarceration, credit for 478 days time served, $475 in fees, submission of a DNA sample and to undergo a drug and alcohol evaluation and one year of reentry supervision once released.

These aren’t Brant’s only legal problems.

He faces similar drug charges in county court as well as corrupt organizations and dealing in the proceeds of unlawful activities offenses from incidents that occurred in Nov. 2021.

Detectives charged Brant in that case in connection with five alleged controlled buys.

“The controlled purchases,” detectives allege in the affidavit of probable cause, “had yielded a total of 34.39 grams of methamphetamine in exchange for $1,300 in pre-recorded Drug Task Force funds.”

This also does not mark Brant’s first drug dealing conviction. Online court records show that he was sentenced to state prison for a 2010 possession with intent to deliver charge.