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A Plattsburgh man has
reportedly accepted a plea deal and has admitted giving prescription
drugs to a teenager who died of an overdose.
29 year-old Scott
Miller was scheduled to go on trial next week. Instead he appeared
in Clinton County Court this week and plead guilty to a reduced
felony drug sale charge and two drug possession counts, according to
a report in the Plattsburgh Press-Republican.
Miller was arrested
as police investigated the overdose death of 17 year-old Julia Del
Signore in June. He was not charged for the teen’s death but was
accused of giving her illegal prescription drugs and possessing
$65,000 worth of narcotic prescription medications and intravenous
drug paraphernalia.
Miller is scheduled
to be sentenced in May. His attorney tells the Press-Republican
that the plea deal includes a four year prison term and three years
of post-release supervision.
He could have
received a much longer prison sentence had he been convicted of the
more than a dozen charges he originally was facing.
-Chris Knight,
3-11-09
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