Sanchez Enters Plea

A Defiance man enters pleas to drug charges related to a case that involved the overdose deaths of two people. Xavior Sanchez pled guilty to attempted engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity…two counts of aggravated trafficking in drugs and more. A pre-sentence investigation was ordered and his bond was continued. Sentencing was scheduled for March 8. Sanchez is a co-defendant to James Cox…who was given a four- to six-year prison term on two counts of involuntary manslaughter, each a first-degree felony, in January 2022. Prosecutors say Cox caused the overdose deaths of Owen Rayoum and Brittany Neumeier, of Napoleon, who died at separate locations in June, 2021.