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Prosecutors Say Billtown Man Traded Guns for Drugs

Prosecutors Say Billtown Man Traded Guns for Drugs - Friday, March 13, 2009 at 4:51PM EST

Reported by: Jeremy Deebel
Friday, Mar 13, 2009 @ 04:51pm EST
Williamsport, Lycoming County-

A Williamsport man was sentenced Friday on charges he traded guns for drugs.

Gregory Ricks will spend up to 14 years in state prison.

Prosecutors say he took the weapons in exchange for crack cocaine.

Ricks has a 30-year criminal history that includes convictions for rape and aggravated assault.

Prosecutors say one of the guns traded by Ricks was later used in a Williamsport murder case.