Waverly man will head to state prison for selling heroin
A Waverly man was sentenced to 12 years in state prison Monday for selling heroin.
40-year-old Michael Saunders was indicted on more than a dozen charges relating to the sale of heroin on six different occasions and for the possession of heroin with the intent to sell in 2018.
Saunders had been accused of possessing and selling heroin within the Village of Waverly on four different dates in August and September of 2018.
On Oct. 4, 2018, Saunders was also charged with possession of heroin with the intent to sell it after a search warrant executed at his residence yielded heroin, $4,000, and materials for packaging and selling heroin.
Saunders took his case to trial. A jury found him guilty on the 16 felony and misdemeanor counts on June 7.
He will be transferred to state prison to serve his sentence, which will be followed by 3 years of post-release supervision.
Saunders has served state prison time on two previous occasions. In 1997 he was sentenced to two to six years for criminal sale of a controlled substance. The charge stemmed out of Tioga County.
In 2005, he served state time again for criminal sale of a controlled substance, criminal sale of a firearm and criminal possession of a weapon in Broome County.