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Pickaway County man sentenced to more than 22 years in prison for federal gun, drug crimes involving multiple kilograms of narcotics seized from Hilliard hotel

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Samuel A. Griffith, 35, of Ashville, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 270 months in prison. As part of the case against Griffith, investigators seized 18 firearms, tens of thousands of dollars in cash and bulk amounts of narcotics from his Hilliard hotel room in October 2025.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Samuel A. Griffith, 35, of Ashville, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 270 months in prison. As part of the case against Griffith, investigators seized 18 firearms, tens of thousands of dollars in cash and bulk amounts of narcotics from his Hilliard hotel room in October 2025.

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    Pickaway County man sentenced to more than 22 years in prison for federal gun, drug crimes involving multiple kilograms of narcotics seized from Hilliard hotel ↗

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