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Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Stow Man Gets Jail Time for Making Meth Near Kent School

Joshua B. Tipton of Stow was sentenced to the mandatory prison time.

Joshua B. Tipton, 27, of Stow, was sentenced to six years in prison and to pay a $10,000 fine after being found guilty of making methamphetamines near a Kent school this winter.  "Your honor, I maintain I’m innocent of these charges other than being in the paddy wagon,” Tipton was reported saying in a Record Courier story. “I’m innocent, sir.”  Read more about the two-day trial, like how Tipton plans to appeal the decision,  in the full Record Courier story.  Lori L. Claeys, 37, of Echo Valley Drive in Stow, was also arrested for making methamphetamine in the Kent house less than two blocks from Holden Elementary School. Claeys, Tipton and Kenneth J. Brewster, 45, of Kent were arrested Dec. 14 at 319 W. Elm St. after a joint investigation …

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