Canton Man Sentenced to 15+ Years in Prison For Meth and Heroin Trafficking Operation

AKRON, Ohio – A 45-year-old man was sentenced to prison for his role in operating a drug trafficking enterprise out of his restaurant and home in Summit County. Jerrick Jermain Daniels, of Canton, was sentenced to 180 months (15.6 years) in prison by U.S. District Judge Dan Aaron Polster after pleading guilty in March to: Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine Possession with Intent to Distribute Heroin Felon in Possession of Firearms and Ammunition; prior convictions include Possession of Cocaine in 2002 and 2005, Felonious Assault in 2007, and Trafficking in Cocaine, Possession of Cocaine and Possession of Heroin in 2014. Possession of Firearms in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime Daniels was also ordered to serve five years of supervised release after imprisonment. According to court documents, agents were investigating suspected drug trafficking taking place in Summit County, Ohio, when Daniels was identified as a suspect. In May 2025, federal agents executed a search warrant at his residence located on Navarre Road and at his restaurant on Fremont, both located in Canton. In total, the following items were seized during the investigation: Bond Arms Roughneck .45 ACP handgun Springfield XD-9 handgun with a loaded magazine Smith and Wesson M&P handgun, with an extended magazine Carina RTA 12-gauge shotgun Glock 48 handgun Glock 42 handgun Glock 17 handgun Springfield XD-9 handgun Taurus G2C handgun Two digital scales with residue 156.74 grams of heroin 138.475 grams of pure methamphetamine Packing materials from the narcotics Daniels later admitted possessing the narcotics with the intent to distribute them and that he used the firearms to further his drug trafficking operation. This case was investigated by the FBI Canton Resident Agency. Assistant United States Attorney Toni Beth Schnellinger Feisthamel led the prosecution for the Northern District of Ohio.