HOLLIDAYSBURG — A city man was sentenced to 30 months to 60 months’ incarceration with credit for time served in exchange for pleading guilty in his cases and testifying against three men convicted by juries for their involvement in a drug and sex trafficking ring.

Damien Tyler Hild, 34, had six cases against him, in which he was facing two felony counts each of possession with intent to deliver, flight to avoid apprehension and escape; single felony counts of conspiracy – possession with intent to deliver, criminal use of a communication facility, criminal conspiracy and possession of a firearm prohibited; four misdemeanor counts of possession of a controlled substance; three misdemeanor counts of possession of drug paraphernalia and single misdemeanor counts each of hindering apprehension and marijuana – small amount for personal use.

Hild, who appeared alongside defense attorney Benjamin Patrick Kahn in Blair County Court on Friday morning to be sentenced by Senior Judge Richard A. Lewis of Dauphin County, had testified during the joint jury trial of Tony D. Ross, 49, and Derrick “Tat” McNeal, 56, in January. He also provided testimony against Donald “The Rev” Dargan, 63, in late November.

The three men were found guilty of various charges related to a drug and sex trafficking ring that forced local women to engage in sex for drugs in 2019 and 2020.

In exchange for his ongoing cooperation and guilty pleas, Lewis gave Hild a global sentence of about 2.5 years to 5 years incarceration in the Blair County Prison. Hild will receive credit for time served, which amounts to about 42 months, or 3.5 years.

Hild gave similar testimony in both trials when called upon by District Attorney Pete Weeks. He told the juries that he regularly sold meth to Dargan, Ross and McNeal’s co-defendant’s Sean Lamont Atkins, 53, and Quincy James Wilson, 48, to offset the cost of his own methamphetamine and heroin addictions.

On the stand, Hild described walking through Dargan’s apartment and being told to keep his eyes forward as there were naked women. When talking about Atkins’s apartment, Hild said “there was a lot of activity, with people going in and out” as he delivered drugs.

In April, McNeal was sentenced to 18 to 39 years’ incarceration while Ross was sentenced to 26.5 to 59 years’ incarceration. Atkins then pleaded guilty in late May to all charges in connection with the trafficking ring for a sentence of 15 to 30 years, with credit for time served.

Dargan awaits sentencing in two cases against him that have already been tried, while a third drug-related case is heading for trial in 2026. The five cases against Wilson are pending resolution.

Mirror Staff Writer Rachel Foor-Musselman is at 814-946-7458.