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CLEARFIELD -- A Clearfield County man accused of selling drugs and breaking into a police impound lot to recover other drugs was sentenced to 42 months to 10 years in state prison Monday.
Prior to sentencing, Clint Addleman, 47, of Morrisdale asked President Judge Fredric J. Ammerman to allow him to withdraw his guilty pleas in four cases, claiming he was not involved in these crimes and wanted to have a "fair trial." He stated that because he has a learning disability, people take advantage of him.
Senior Deputy Attorney General Dave Gorman, who is prosecuting his cases, explained that when Addleman signed the plea for a 42-month minimum sentence, he was cooperative and it was fully explained to him.
Ammerman remembered during the colloquy that Addleman was lucid and "he knew what he was doing." Ammerman then dismissed Addleman's motions to withdraw all his plea agreements.
Ammerman sentenced him to serve 42 months to 10 years in state prison for conspiracy/possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance in one case, possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance-methamphetamine in a second case, criminal trespass in a third and burglary in the last case.
Online court documents indicate Addleman was previously represented by two different attorneys before Robbie Taylor was appointed as stand-by counsel since Addleman decided he wanted to represent himself.
Addleman stated that new evidence shows he is not guilty and that he feels like he is being "railroaded."
According to the affidavit in the drug conspiracy case, in May, police stopped a vehicle with Addleman, Bradley Maines, 47, Woodland, who was also known to sell drugs, and a female.
They found "numerous large blocks, yellow, blue and pink in color, suspected to be a large amount of fentanyl."
In the backseat, officers located drug paraphernalia, pills suspected to be Xanax, three containers and a glass vial with suspected fentanyl and $990 in cash, according to the report.
Police said Addleman's phone contained messages related to suspected drug activity. A photo on the phone showed a large amount of cash, which appeared to be over $50,000, which Addleman claimed was from the sale of his house.
The case against Maines, who is facing similar charges, is still pending.
The second drug case is from March 2020 when Addleman sold a confidential informant 4.8 grams of methamphetamine.
In January 2023, Addleman broke into the state police impound lot in Woodland and got into the trunk of a vehicle being held for a pending search warrant.
According to that affidavit, a corporal was taking out the trash when he noticed the trunk of a vehicle in the impound lot was ajar with physical damage and a chain link fence had been cut.
Later, someone reportedly tipped off police that it was Addleman who had gotten into the lot, broken into the vehicle and removed two pounds of methamphetamine, five or six ounces of cocaine and 10 grams of fentanyl. Police say additional witnesses confirmed this story.
It was mentioned in that affidavit that he also broke into an impound lot in Clearfield Borough on Feb. 12, 2023.
A police report in this case indicates Addleman and an accomplice tried to remove controlled substances from a vehicle that had already been searched.