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Drug dealer pleads guilty before trial ends web posted May 29, 2009 EDGEFIELD – Randall Biangelo Yeldell, 21, of Courtney Road in Trenton, will be spending the next five years in prison after pleading guilty before his jury trial was over on Wednesday. Yeldell was charged with seven felonies after he sped away from officers, nearly striking two, during a traffic stop for loud music on June 13, 2007. The chase ended a short time later and resulted in Johnston Police Chief Chris Aston sustaining injuries during the apprehension of Yeldell. Yeldell was found to have substantial amounts of crack cocaine, cocaine, and marijuana in a ziplock baggie that he threw from the car on May Street during the chase that ended on Highway 121. A small amount of marijuana and $327 in cash was found in the car’s console. All of the drugs tested positive and Yeldell was charged with failure to stop for blue lights, trafficking in crack cocaine, possession with the intent to distribute marijuana, possession with the intent to distribute cocaine, and possession with the intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana in the proximity of a school or park. One by one officers took the stand to give their account of what took place that day, including Chief Aston, who suffered pulled muscles in his leg during the arrest, and the evidence began to mount against Mr. Yeldell. The state rested their case late Wednesday afternoon and during the break Mr. Yeldell and his attorney, Tom Woodruff, reached an agreement with Assistant Solicitor Ervin Maye and Yeldell plead guilty on the trafficking charge and received a sentence of five years in prison. Mr. Yeldell was allowed to leave the courtroom and will turn himself into authorities on Friday to begin his sentence. Mr. Yeldell has several other charges pending against him which include drug charges in the Town of Edgefield from 2006 and another drug charge by the county from an incident in March of 2007. According to court records available Thursday those charges remain active. © Copyright 2009
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