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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Adrian McKinney, 29, of Columbus, was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 84 months in prison for illegally possessing a firearm and narcotics near a local school.
According to court documents, in March 2024, law enforcement agents executed a search warrant at McKinney’s apartment in the Wedgewood Village Apartment Complex, which is within 1,000 feet of Wedgewood Middle School.
The Hilltop apartment complex has 700 units and is near multiple schools. This case was investigated by the Wedgewood Enforcement Team, which was developed by the Columbus Division of Police beginning in October 2023 and is dedicated to addressing the consistently high crime level at the apartment complex.
While searching McKinney’s apartment, officers located a loaded multi-caliber firearm, fentanyl and cocaine. As a previously convicted felon, McKinney is prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition. McKinney has been convicted of various state narcotics crimes in the past and was under court supervision when he committed these latest offenses.
McKinney pleaded guilty in August 2024 to possessing with intent to distribute cocaine near a school, illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
Kenneth L. Parker, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio; Daryl S. McCormick, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF); and Columbus Police Chief Elaine Bryant announced the sentence imposed by U.S. District Court Judge Michael H. Watson. Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer M. Rausch is representing the United States in this case.
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