Monday night, local law enforcement officials from four different agencies arrested an armed Glouster man, who is believed to be the supplier for multiple drug dealers, after a four-car chase through Glouster.
Derek James Gyure, 26, was served an indictment charging one count of engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, one count of possession of drugs, one count of aggravated trafficking in drugs, one count of tampering with evidence and one count of possession of weapons under a disability.
Athens County Prosecutor Keller Blackburn said that Gyure’s disability is “drug dependent or in danger of becoming drug dependent.”
Gyure was armed with a .40 caliber Glock handgun at the time of his arrest and law enforcement officials from Blackburn’s office, the Athens County Sheriff’s Department, the Athens Police Department and Ohio University Police Department saw him toss a green ammunition box into the brush.
According to a release from Blackburn’s office, the ammunition box was found containing approximately 1,400 tablets believed to be Oxycodone 30 mg pills, which adds up to a street value of approximately $42,000, and also contained about $17,000 in cash.
The release also stated that Gyure is believed to be the supplier for multiple drug dealers in the Glouster area, including Casey Metcalf, who was recently arrested and served an indictment charging three counts of aggravated trafficking in dugs and two counts of trafficking in drugs.
Although Blackburn’s office recently dealt with Cory Bohache, a 21-year-old Ohio University student who pleaded guilty Tuesday to drug charges and who Blackburn previously said was part of “one of the largest” drug rings in Athens city and county history, the two drug rings are separate, Blackburn confirmed.
Gyure was placed on a $750,000 bond at the Athens County Municipal Court Tuesday. The state is also seeking forfeiture of Gyure’s home, vehicle and weapons that were found in his possession.
He was incarcerated in the Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail on Tuesday, according to the jail’s booking documents.
“Without the cooperative efforts of law enforcement working together, this would not have been possible,” Interim Replacement Sheriff Rodney Smith said in the release. “Drug dealers should be put on notice — stop dealing in drugs (and) get the treatment you need, or suffer the consequences.”
