A Hillsboro man and woman sentenced from the same case for multiple counts of child endangerment were among six people sentenced recently in Highland County Common Pleas Court.

Reece Fist, 21, and Joey Dixon Jr., 23, were both sentenced to prison for child endangerment from the same incidents.

Fist was sentenced to 24 months in prison on one count of child endangerment, a third-degree felony. Dixon Jr. was sentenced to 48 months in prison for two different counts of child endangerment, both third-degree felonies.

According to court documents for Fist’s sentenced count, around Oct. 1, 2022, and continuing through Oct. 12, 2022, Fist and Dixon Jr., being the parent, guardian, custodian, or person having custody or control of the victim, the child being 1 year old, created a substantial risk to the health or safety of the victim by violating a duty of care, protection or support, resulting in serious physical harm to the victim’s femur.

According to court documents for Dixon Jr.’s first count, around July 1, 2022, and continuing through Oct. 12, 2022, Fist and Dixon Jr., being the parent, guardian, custodian, or person having custody or control of the victim, the child being 1 year old, created a substantial risk to the health or safety of the victim by violating a duty of care, protection or support, resulting in serious physical harm to the victim’s wrist.

According to court documents for Dixon Jr.’s second count, around July 1, 2022, and continuing through Oct. 12, 2022, Fist and Dixon Jr., being the parent, guardian, custodian, or person having custody or control of the second victim, the child being 1 year old, created a substantial risk to the health or safety of the second victim by violating a duty of care resulting in serious physical harm to the victim’s clavicle.

In other sentencings, Ryan Lacalameto, 27, Cincinnati, was sentenced to 15 months in prison on one count of receiving stolen property, a fourth-degree felony.

According to court documents, on or around June 4, 2023, an officer received a call from an investigator who said that someone was trying to sell a white Ford F-450 truck with a green dump bed to a confidential informant) for $3,000. The investigator said that the seller would bring the truck to Hillsboro from the Cincinnati area.

Law enforcement then started to conduct surveillance to try and find the truck, with one investigator locating it traveling eastbound on U.S. Route 50 West. The truck pulled into a restaurant parking lot on West Main Street in Hillsboro. The investigator saw the driver wearing a black shirt and a passenger with a white shirt inside the vehicle. After the truck left the restaurant, it pulled into an apartment complex on Highland Drive.

A short time later, a sergeant pulled into the parking lot and activated their overhead lights. The investigator saw the driver exit the truck and start to flee westbound on foot into a wooded area. A police chief responded to the scene with their K-9 unit, which followed the tracks in the woods and found the subject wearing a black shirt lying face down in tall grass.

An officer placed them in handcuffs and identified them as Lacalameto. He denied driving the truck or any knowledge of the truck. He then claimed that he’d walked into the woods to smoke meth.

A resident at the apartment complex gave the officer a copy of the video footage from a camera that showed him running from the truck. The truck was towed from the scene and Lacalameto was taken to jail. The officer spoke to the owner of the truck who said it was stolen from Monroe.

The officer later reviewed the apartment complex’s surveillance footage and saw Lacalameto run into the woods. The officer also saw the passenger in a white shirt exit the truck and run into the woods.

On June 10, 2023, the officer met with the restaurant’s manager, who was then able to pull the footage from June 4, 2023. After reviewing said footage, the officer saw the truck with a green dump bed pull into the lot and park to the east away from the camera’s view. The officer then saw the two subjects walk away from the area where the truck was parked to the restaurant’s window.

Jason McCoy, 48, Hillsboro, was sentenced to 48 months in prison for two counts of aggravated trafficking in methamphetamine, both third-degree felonies. He was ordered to pay $80 by himself and another $80 alongside a co-defendant to the Highland County Task Force.

According to court documents for the first count, around Nov. 3, 2022, McCoy and his co-defendant knowingly sold or offered to sell meth.

According to court documents for the second count, around Nov. 7, 2022, McCoy knowingly sold or offered to sell meth.

Sallie McKenzie, 41, Hillsboro, was sentenced to three years of community control on one count of aggravated trafficking in meth. She was ordered to successfully complete Substance Use Disorder treatment and aftercare, and pay restitution of $20 to the Highland County Task Force.

According to court documents, around Nov. 1, 2022, two investigators met with an informant who said they could try to purchase drugs from a compound that was known as “the pond” on Cynthiana Road in Highland County. The informant indicated they drove down the lane and talked to someone.

According to the informant, McKenzie then came out with the CI asking for an eight-ball. McKenzie indicated that they didn’t have that much. The CI then indicated that McKenzie went inside an apartment of the house before returning and giving the informant a plastic baggie, after which the informant gave her $20.

The substance was submitted for analysis and found to contain meth.

Halley Pollard, 29, Hillsboro, was sentenced to three years of community control on one count of illegal conveyance of drugs of abuse onto the grounds of a governmental facility, a third-degree felony.

Pollard was ordered to comply with SUD aftercare through TRC.

According to court documents, around Oct. 21, 2022, Pollard was arrested for theft and transported to the Highland County Justice Center. Before entering the facility, she was asked if she had any drugs, replying that she did not. A short time after entering the intake area, a deputy fell to the floor. An officer “then had to move to the bench to keep from passing out.” Naloxone was administered to both of them.

It was found that the officer’s cuffs, taken off of Pollard, were covered in white powder. The officer and deputy were taken to the hospital. Two other commanding officers were also treated for overdose. Officers there discovered two clear plastic bags which contained a white substance. They were sent to BCI for testing and tested positive as fentanyl-related compounds.

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