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Another defendant pleads in Darke Co. meth lab bust
By Steve.Baker@CMGOhio.com
Northern Bureau Chief 

DARKE COUNTY, Ohio — On Monday, May 14th, 46 year old Christopher Berry Brock of Tennessee entered a plea of guilty before Judge Jonathan P. Hein of the Darke County Common Pleas Court on one count of attempted illegal manufacture of drugs (rriethamphetamirie), a felony of the second degree. 

Brock was found guilty and a sentencing hearing followed immediately. The Court then ordered Brock to serve three years in prison, to pay a fine of $7,500, and to pay the court costs. 

In addition, a handgun belonging to Brock was forfeited to the State. The plea averted a jury trial which was set to commence on Tuesday, May 15. 

Brock had been arrested along with four others on January 4 when officers executed a search warrant at a residence located on State Route 571 in the Village of Hillgrove, near Union City, Ohio. 

Brock had remained in jail since that date, unable to post bail of $35.000. 

Numerous detectives and other deputies from the Darke County Sheriff’s Office and the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office took part in the investigation and the arrests. 

The State’s case was handled by Darke County Prosecuting Attorney R. Kelly Ormsby, III. Brock was represented by his court appointed counsel, Paul Wagner of Gettysburg. 

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