MILLERSBURG — A Millersburg man on last week admitted to selling drugs, passed off as Xanax, to a confidential informant. Darrin Brodie Neville, 22, of 4775 County Road 400, pleaded guilty in Holmes County Common Pleas Court to two counts of trafficking in drugs. In exchange for his guilty plea, a third charge of trafficking in drugs and three counts of trafficking in counterfeit controlled substances were dismissed. Neville is next scheduled to appear in court for sentencing on May 2, at which time he faces up to two years in prison. Similarly charged initially, Sara Lynn Miller, 23, of 568 Wooster Road, Apt. A, Millersburg, initially had pleaded not guilty to three counts of trafficking in drugs and three counts of trafficking in counterfeit controlled …show more content…
If treatment in lieu of conviction is granted and both Millers successfully complete the program, charges against them will be dismissed. In the case of Neville, the charges stem from incidents on July 10, 11 and 12. That's when he allegedly sold Buspirone, an unscheduled drug used to treat anxiety and panic disorders, to an informant working for the LEAD Task Force, according to Commander Joe Mullet. Because he reportedly sold the drug as Xanax, which is a Schedule IV drug, he was charged for offering to sell the illegal drug and actually selling the counterfeit product, said Mullet. Because it wasn't until the pills were analyzed in a lab they were found to be counterfeit, the informant continued to conduct business with Neville and the Millers, to whom Neville referred the informant, said Mullet, noting all transactions were discontinued after the substance was found to be