By Lori EhdeAnother suspect among the five arrested around Thanksgiving last year was sentenced Monday in Rock County District Court.Gregory Lynn Wade, 40, was sentenced to more than five years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of second-degree controlled substance crime.His conviction stemmed from his role in the sale and delivery of 11.2 grams of meth, which was caught on videotape by undercover officers.Wade was one of four others arrested just before Thanksgiving when a two-month investigation involving the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension wrapped up.He was arrested Nov. 26 along with 18-year-old Gregory Stratton, 36-year-old Tony Tate, 48-year-old Oliver Crawford and 18-year-old Noi Chitmany. Dustin Kruger, 19, was arrested Nov. 28, for a lesser, but related drug charge.According to the order filed Monday in Rock County District Court, Wade was sentenced to serve 64 months in prison. Of that time, 42 and two-thirds months must be served in prison, and the remaining 21 and one-third months can be served on supervised release.According to the order, signed by Judge Timothy Connell, the time in prison may be extended to the entire sentence if Wade commits disciplinary offenses or supervised release violations.In addition to providing a DNA sample, Wade was also ordered to pay restitution of $990 and a total criminal assessment fee of $100, to be taken out of prison earnings, if any.He is currently in custody at the St. Cloud State Penitentiary.So far Wade is the third in the group to be sentenced.Chitmany, who was 17 when she was arrested, was sentenced April 7 through the "extended juvenile jurisdiction." If she completes her juvenile sentence and doesn’t violate any probation orders, she will have satisfied the conditions of her sentence. If she doesn’t, she will be treated as an adult and ordered to serve 48 months in prison.Stratton was sentenced April 15 to serve nearly five years in prison after he was convicted for second-degree controlled substance crime.Tate pleaded guilty on April 24 to second-degree controlled substance crime and is scheduled to appear June 2 for sentencing. He remains in custody of the Nobles County Jail. His bail was set at $35,000.Kruger, who was charged with aiding and abetting a controlled substance crime, (for driving Stratton to and from what he knew to be a drug deal) is scheduled to appear in Rock County District Court May 5 for a combined plea and sentence hearing.Crawford’s trial is set for July 30 and 31. He is already in prison serving time for his role in the Dec. 21, 2001, Harvey’s Trading Post burglary.
