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A Nevada City man has pleaded no contest in two separate drug-related cases and will be sentenced at 1:30 p.m. Aug. 3.
Aaron Michael Wilcox, 35, was arrested in downtown Nevada City on Feb. 22 after allegedly trying to sell drugs to two undercover officers.
A pair of Nevada County sheriff's deputies were standing outside a business in the 200 block of Broad Street at about 7 p.m. when Wilcox approached them, said Nevada County Sheriff Keith Royal.
The officers wore plain clothes and were guarding against alcohol sales to minors, he added.
Wilcox “asked them for a light,” Royal said. “Then he asked them what they were doing, and when they said they were just hanging out, he told them he wanted to do some dope.”
The officers responded they wanted to party and asked if he had weed for sale, Royal said. He allegedly told the officers he didn't have any pot on him, but did have an OxyContin pill, which he offered to sell for $30.
In that case, Wilcox was charged with possessing and transporting a controlled substance for sale. On June 18, he pleaded no contest and faces as much as five years in prison.
Wilcox was arrested again in March on suspicion of forging drug prescriptions after a doctor called law enforcement about the alleged fraud.
A pharmacy alerted the physician that Wilcox had been filling prescriptions that might have been forged. The drugs Wilcox allegedly obtained included the painkiller hydrocodone, also sold under the brand name Vicodin.
In that case, Wilcox was charged with two counts of second-degree commercial burglary, one count of forgery, and two counts of obtaining controlled substances by fraud.
He pleaded no contest to one count of second-degree commercial burglary and faces as much as three years in prison. The sentencing will take both cases into account.
Accused embezzler Sara Nicole Smith has pleaded not guilty to five counts of grand theft by embezzlement totaling more than $347,000.
Smith, 35, a former office manager at Cornerstone Realty in Nevada City, allegedly embezzled the money over five years from the company's business account.
Smith started working at Cornerstone in 2004 and was in charge of paying bills and keeping the accounts current, Deputy District Attorney Katie Francis said. The owners of the real estate office first became aware of missing money about January, Francis said.
She next appears in court at 1 p.m. July 2 for a felony conference.
Stanislav Gorbenko, a Sacramento man accused of robbing a Grass Valley pharmacy, has pleaded no contest to reduced charges and will be sentenced at 1:30 p.m. Aug. 10.
Gorbenko was arrested in March after he allegedly broke into a Grass Valley pharmacy and fled the scene with a large trash bag full of prescription medications, including 1,000-count bottles of hydrocodone — the generic form of the painkiller Vicodin — and the muscle relaxant Xanax.
Gorbenko was facing charges of second-degree commercial burglary, possessing controlled substances and criminal conspiracy. He pleaded no contest June 19 to the burglary charge and faces as much as three years in prison.
To contact Staff Writer Liz Kellar, e-mail lkellar@theunion.com or call 477-4229.
Aaron Michael Wilcox, 35, was arrested in downtown Nevada City on Feb. 22 after allegedly trying to sell drugs to two undercover officers.
A pair of Nevada County sheriff's deputies were standing outside a business in the 200 block of Broad Street at about 7 p.m. when Wilcox approached them, said Nevada County Sheriff Keith Royal.
The officers wore plain clothes and were guarding against alcohol sales to minors, he added.
Wilcox “asked them for a light,” Royal said. “Then he asked them what they were doing, and when they said they were just hanging out, he told them he wanted to do some dope.”
The officers responded they wanted to party and asked if he had weed for sale, Royal said. He allegedly told the officers he didn't have any pot on him, but did have an OxyContin pill, which he offered to sell for $30.
In that case, Wilcox was charged with possessing and transporting a controlled substance for sale. On June 18, he pleaded no contest and faces as much as five years in prison.
Wilcox was arrested again in March on suspicion of forging drug prescriptions after a doctor called law enforcement about the alleged fraud.
A pharmacy alerted the physician that Wilcox had been filling prescriptions that might have been forged. The drugs Wilcox allegedly obtained included the painkiller hydrocodone, also sold under the brand name Vicodin.
In that case, Wilcox was charged with two counts of second-degree commercial burglary, one count of forgery, and two counts of obtaining controlled substances by fraud.
He pleaded no contest to one count of second-degree commercial burglary and faces as much as three years in prison. The sentencing will take both cases into account.
Accused embezzler Sara Nicole Smith has pleaded not guilty to five counts of grand theft by embezzlement totaling more than $347,000.
Smith, 35, a former office manager at Cornerstone Realty in Nevada City, allegedly embezzled the money over five years from the company's business account.
Smith started working at Cornerstone in 2004 and was in charge of paying bills and keeping the accounts current, Deputy District Attorney Katie Francis said. The owners of the real estate office first became aware of missing money about January, Francis said.
She next appears in court at 1 p.m. July 2 for a felony conference.
Stanislav Gorbenko, a Sacramento man accused of robbing a Grass Valley pharmacy, has pleaded no contest to reduced charges and will be sentenced at 1:30 p.m. Aug. 10.
Gorbenko was arrested in March after he allegedly broke into a Grass Valley pharmacy and fled the scene with a large trash bag full of prescription medications, including 1,000-count bottles of hydrocodone — the generic form of the painkiller Vicodin — and the muscle relaxant Xanax.
Gorbenko was facing charges of second-degree commercial burglary, possessing controlled substances and criminal conspiracy. He pleaded no contest June 19 to the burglary charge and faces as much as three years in prison.
To contact Staff Writer Liz Kellar, e-mail lkellar@theunion.com or call 477-4229.
