A Needles resident who recently accepted a mandatory prison plea agreement for his involvement in a Bullhead City-based opioid ring has taken another deal resolving four other criminal cases. Matthew Solari, 31, will get a 2.5 year prison term in the first agreement convicting him of possessing narcotic drugs and forgery for using a false prescription to obtain pills at a pharmacy in Lake Havasu City.
The first case that also involved seven other defendants was handled by the Arizona Attorney General’s office. An April 16 change of plea hearing was conducted in the second case involving the Mohave County attorney’s office.
Assortments of criminal charges are dismissed in exchange for Solari’s convictions on three counts of possessing dangerous drugs for sale.
Deputy county attorney Megan McCoy said officers seized 1.2-ounces, a third of a pound and 1.5 pounds of methamphetamine that Solari possessed in January, February and June of last year.
Terms of the deal require Judge Billy Sipe to impose a 5-20 year prison term at sentencing May 8. The sentence runs concurrent with the first prison term.
