Jail sentences in Olympic Peninsula Narcotics Enforcement Team heroin cases

PORT ANGELES — A 29-year-old Everett man has been sentenced to three years and nine months in state prison for possession of heroin with intent to deliver it on the North Olympic Peninsula last September, Olympic Peninsula Narcotics Enforcement Team Supervisor Jason Viada said Friday.

David T. Barney pleaded guilty to the charge Dec. 24. He was sentenced Jan. 21.

He was being held Friday at the Washington Corrections Center in Shelton.

“Initially the Port Angeles Police Department developed information indicating that Barney was operating in our community,” Viada said in a news release.

Clallam County sheriff’s deputies arrested Barney for an outstanding warrant east of Sequim.

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“In the days following the initial arrest, OPNET detectives continued the investigation into a drug trafficking organization that was distributing heroin on the Olympic Peninsula,” Viada said.

“One result of this team effort was the sentencing of Barney.”

Barney has three previous convictions for second-degree theft and separate convictions for second-degree burglary, residential burglary and possession of a controlled substance, Viada said.

Heroin sales

In another OPNET case, Derek A. Batton, 31, of Sequim was sentenced to 20 months in prison and a year of community custody after pleading guilty Jan. 27 to selling heroin twice in January 2013.

“During the investigation, OPNET developed probable cause to believe that Batton was selling heroin out of a travel trailer in the vicinity of Sequim Avenue and Cedar Street in Sequim,” Viada said.

Batton has previous convictions of third-degree assault, attempt to elude a pursuing police vehicle, possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and possession of a controlled substance, Viada said.

He was being held Friday at the Washington Corrections Center.

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